With an all-star lineup that includes directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly, screenwriters Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel and trusty Drew Barrymore, you'd think they'd have no problem hitting one out of the megaplex ballpark. [...] while "Fever Pitch," an all-American take on the Nick Hornby novel and 1997 Colin Firth film about a soccer-obsessed British schoolteacher who finally must choose between his girlfriend and his beloved team, ultimately goes the distance, it gets the job done with a halfhearted bunt rather than a solid line drive. A good part of the problem has to do with the fact that Drew and co-star Jimmy Fallon just don't have that easy chemistry of an Adam Sandler matchup, but the film's bigger hurdle has to do with overcoming bulky romantic comedy plot and character mechanics that keep tripping up the momentum.

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