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Summary: It is obviously not just a game
Review: This movie is such a great depiction of actual living people. They do exist. Having grown up in Europe with football, I know! The acting of Colin Firth is so unbelievably real it is hard to fathom this is only a movie. He has done some great things from Valmont and Apartment Zero up to Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones' Diary. But if you want to see what this man is made of, see this movie, see it often and you will frequently think of some of the lines that appear in the film.
"Eighteen years!" No, I will never tire of seeing this one!
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Summary: Cute but rumpled
Review: Took a few viewings to warm up to this movie. Very similar to High fidelity. I suspect it would be a lot more meaningful if I was Bristish. Not used to seeing Colin Firth looking so rumpled, but got used to it after a while. Didn't really feel any chemistry between these two people. Some logistics bothered me...ie: when she hails a cab with no purse.....hmmm, how does she pay?? Minor point, but bothersome just the same.
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Summary: The beautiful game
Review: Unless you like football (soccer in the US) and come from a football crazy country (everywhere except the US) you need to have a good imagination to fully appreciate this movie version of Nick Hornby's book. Fever Pitch is the story of a boy growing through his parents divorce into a man set against his fanatical devotion to his football team (Arsenal)the one constant in his life. Despite the team's failure to deliver they are always there, always welcome him, never turn their back on him and always keep him waiting for success (18 years). He has a career as a highly popular english teacher which is going nowhere, his focus is on coaching the school football team, at one point he even turns down a promotion to avoid losing his coaching role. Love enters the picture in the shape of a very commited and serious colleague who in addition to the normal battles of love has to deal with playing second love to Arsenal. In time Arsenal deliver and release the hapless childman and love can flourish. Despite the sports fan theme Hornby uncovers some meaty stuff in Fever Pitch as he does in all his work, although you have to look a little harder in this one than most. Will it be a monster success in the US, I truly doubt it. Personally I thought it was fantastic, but I am as sad and demented as the subject of the movie.
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Summary: Scruffy Colin Firth.
Review: We see a different CF in this movie. An obsessed soccer fan, more passionate about the game than the woman this time around. Quite the change from the puffy shirts to the gray tshirt and briefs...ahem. I loved the change. Great hair there Colin!The quality of the dvd is excellent. I like the new cover with Colin and Ruth on the soccer field, not that other poxy cover.
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Summary: Very Enjoyable
Review: You truly have to appreciate that some people are obsessed with the beautiful game and some,well aren't. I love this film because Nick Hornby really knows how to get under the skin of the argument,in this case is football more important than life?Seriously ,this film manages to discuss whhat matters to some people in life ,how they have a focus which their other half can not relate to.Highbury was when I first fell in love over 13 years ago but my husband thinks I am insane. If you love sport, if its your life yet for someone special it's all very tiresome ,you will get it , if not do not bother.
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Summary: Football is Just A Game, Honest
Review: You truly have to appreciate that some people are obsessed with the beautiful game and some,well aren't. I love this film because Nick Hornby really knows how to get under the skin of the argument,in this case is football more important than life?Seriously ,this film manages to discuss whhat matters to some people in life ,how they have a focus which their other half can not relate to.Highbury was when I first fell in love over 13 years ago but my husband thinks I am insane. If you love sport, if its your life yet for someone special it's all very tiresome ,you will get it , if not do not bother.
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Summary: Colin Firth's Acting Range Is Terrific!
Review: You would never know that this was the same actor who played Darcy so fabulously well in "Pride and Prejudice." He is totally convincing as a teacher whose all-consuming passion is football (soccer really because this is England). He is in the midst of a romance with another teacher but his overriding interest in football seriously interferes with the woman in his life. Any woman who has ever experienced this dilemma should fall totally in love with this film. There are even many hilarious moments pertaining to this sports addiction. The writer, Nick Hornby, also wrote "High Fidelity" and you can tell that the same person wrote both. He has a very unique way of presenting men and their romantic foibles. Firth, in this film, and John Cusack, in "High Fidelity," are not your typical screen romantic heroes and they provide offbeat alternatives to all of us oddballs out there.
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Summary: Colin Firth's Acting Range Is Terrific!
Review: You would never know that this was the same actor who played Darcy so fabulously well in "Pride and Prejudice." He is totally convincing as a teacher whose all-consuming passion is football (soccer really because this is England). He is in the midst of a romance with another teacher but his overriding interest in football seriously interferes with the woman in his life. Any woman who has ever experienced this dilemma should fall totally in love with this film. There are even many hilarious moments pertaining to this sports addiction. The writer, Nick Hornby, also wrote "High Fidelity" and you can tell that the same person wrote both. He has a very unique way of presenting men and their romantic foibles. Firth, in this film, and John Cusack, in "High Fidelity," are not your typical screen romantic heroes and they provide offbeat alternatives to all of us oddballs out there.
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