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Semi-Tough (1977)

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Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson star as two pro-football pals who both fall for the team-owner's very rich daughter. Kind of goofy, kind of funny, and somewhat endearing--those are the qualities that surface in this light-hearted comedy built upon an extremely predictable scenario. ~ Rovi

R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Michael Ritchie

In Theaters: Nov 18, 1977 Wide

On DVD: May 8, 2001

MGM

Cast

Burt Reynolds
Billy Clyde Puckett
Kris Kristofferson
Shake Tiller
Jill Clayburgh
Barbara Jane Bookman
Robert Preston
Big Ed Bookman
Bert Convy
Friedrich Bismark
Roger E. Mosley
Puddin
Lotte Lenya
Clara Pelf
Richard Masur
Hooper
Carl Weathers
Dreamer Tatum
Brian Dennehy
T.J. Lambert
Mary Jo Catlett
Earlene
Norman Alden
Coach Parks
Jim Beaver
"Beat" Member
Janet Brandt
Dressmaker
Peter Bromilow
Interpreter
Paul Hornung
Himself
Joe Kapp
Hose Manning
John Matuszak
Lindsay Nelson
Dick Schaap
Himself
Fred Stuthman
Minister
Jerry Belson
TV Director
Ron Silver
Vlada
Jenifer Shaw
Stewardess
Jim McKrell
McNair

Critic Reviews for Semi-Tough

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Semi-Tough begins as a bawdy and lively romantic comedy about slap happy pro football players, then slows down to a too-inside putdown of contemporary self-help programs.

January 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Semi-Tough pokes fun in rambling fashion, but it is vulgar in intelligent ways and almost always amusing in its perceptions of befuddled people who are perfectly healthy but often convinced they're not.

January 25, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

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A delightful, gentle satire on the American ideal of winning, which also takes broad but often hilarious swipes at fashionable health fads.

January 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Set against the backdrop of professional football, Semi-Tough is both a three-cornered romantic comedy and a scathing satire of self-help movements.

January 25, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Burt Reynolds does what he's best at in a lightweight rom-com with some good one-liners, but it's the parodies of the self-improvement culture that really make the film watchable.

January 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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This film pokes fun at the self-help, empowerment movements of the 1970's more than anything else. I never saw what the big deal with Jill Clayburgh was. This film rates somewhere above Gator but below The Longest Yard.

June 10, 2011

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This movie came out in 1977 and basically makes fun of all the fads going on in the late 1970's. The football story is just a background story used to bring in the different fads. Unfortunately if you didn't live through that era you probably won't get the jokes. There was a lot of crazy stuff going on in the

May 17, 2007