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Fever Pitch

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Fever Pitch (1985)

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Reviews Counted: 6

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Average Rating: 1.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Ryan O'Neal stars as Steve Taggart, a Los Angeles sportswriter doing a piece on the elusive, underground world of gambling. As he delves deeper into his research he becomes consumed with the desire... Ryan O'Neal stars as Steve Taggart, a Los Angeles sportswriter doing a piece on the elusive, underground world of gambling. As he delves deeper into his research he becomes consumed with the desire to win, charmed by the fever of the gamble. He is addicted to the feeling of power, becoming like the sports stars he has only ever written about: bathed in the limelight and winning big. Consumed with the power and the glory, he risks his family and his career as he becomes more and more entrenched and further in debt. As he spends more and more time in the dizzying world of Las Vegas and the casinos, he meets a lovable cocktail waitress (Catherine Hicks)--who loves to gamble but knows when to quit--and a high-roller (Giancarlo Giannini) who offers Taggart a glimpse of the good life. This documentary-like portrait of the thrilling and dangerous world of gambling delves deep into the inside business of casinos as well as the intimate world of Gamblers Anonymous, where Taggart finally finds support for his overwhelming desires. The world of Las Vegas positively shimmers with beguiling glitz and glamour under the skillful eye of cinematographer William A. Fraker. [More]

Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Catherine Hicks, Giancarlo Giannini, Chad Everett

Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Catherine Hicks, Giancarlo Giannini, Chad Everett

Director: Richard Brooks

Director: Richard Brooks

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It waffles constantly, and we never know if the creators are for or against gambling.

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04/08/08
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Unfortunately, plot is a totally unconvincing jumble and Ryan O'Neal as a sports reporter hooked on the gambling game is wooden and unsympathetic.

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The opening segments of the movie are simply odd, distracting and unconvincing. It's the movie's final act that is sick.

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An old-fashioned and numbingly predicable problem pic of the kind that he used to do rather better.

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01/26/06
Trevor Johnston
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Fights its own message of gambling as an addiction.

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08/21/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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You could live a long time and never see anything as awful as Fever Pitch.

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