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Michael Elliott (Movie Parables) isn't entirely impressed. "Fever Pitch is not so much about sports as it is about love and what we should be willing to change or accept in order to keep a loving relationship in working condition. Unfortunately … Jimmy Fallon's Ben is too much of an immature dweeb to convince us that an upscale professional like Drew's Lindsey would stick around long enough to get to know the man behind the nerd."

Tom Neven (Plugged In) disagrees: "Ben is a real gentleman, and it feels perfectly natural that Lindsey falls for his goofy authenticity." But he adds, "Viewers getting the positive lesson about mutual sacrifice in a relationship also get the message that premarital sex is to be taken for granted. That and some crude sexual joking and profanity ultimately send this film to the wide side of the foul pole."

Annabelle Robertson (Crosswalk) says it's "not particularly memorable," but observes that it's a "rare romantic comedy which men will enjoy as well as women. The best thing about the film is that it reveals the fanatical role sports can play in a man's (and sometimes a woman's) life, and how a healthy pastime, when taken to extremes, can destroy intimacy and wreak havoc with our relationships."

Most mainstream critics are pleased, if not enthusiastic.

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