Semi-Pro

2008, Comedy, 1h 31m

161 Reviews 250,000+ Ratings

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Semi-Pro is an intermittently funny, half-hearted attempt at sports satire, and one of Will Ferrell's weaker cinematic efforts. Read critic reviews

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In 1976, singer Jackie Moon (Will Ferrell) uses the profits from his only hit single to fulfill a longtime dream of owning a basketball team. His team, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the worst team in the league, and what's more, the franchise may fold when the ABA and NBA announce plans to merge. It's up to Jackie and the Tropics to turn their game around and slam-dunk their chance for survival.

Rating:

R (Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre:

Comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Kent Alterman
Producer:

Jimmy Miller
Writer:

Scot Armstrong
Release Date (Theaters):

Feb 29, 2008 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Jun 3, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA):

$33.5M
Runtime:

1h 31m
Distributor:

New Line Cinema
Sound Mix:

SDDS, DTS, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio:

Scope (2.35:1)

Cast & Crew

Will Ferrell
Jackie Moon

Woody Harrelson
Monix

André Benjamin
Clarence

Maura Tierney
Lynn

Will Arnett
Lou Redwood

Andy Richter
Bobby Dee

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Directors C Super Reviewer
Sep 14, 2012

More like semi-funny. Good thing Will Ferrell made up for this flop with Step Brothers right after.

Eric A Super Reviewer
Dec 02, 2011

Semi Pro is funny and has a bit of heart, and I love Will Ferell, but this film was boring and nothing really happens. Jackie Moon (Will Ferell) is a coach for an ABA team and when he and his team is offered a chance into the NBA, Jackie must pull all his strings to get his team from last place and into the Top 4. The plot is very basic, very boring, but the characters (although screwballs) have good hearts and the writers did a good job there. Will Ferell is the show stealer as usual, he is just naturally funny and stupid, and I loved him. Woody Harrelson actually was pretty awesome, his character was cool, smart, and actually had a backround, but he wasn't very funny. There is a few cast members who were funny, and a few who were not, and although Woody wasn't very funny, he and Will Ferell were my favorite. The jokes were okay, the scene with the bear was pure gold but most of the movie has a good joke every like 10 minutes, which made it not as funny as I hoped, mostly just a lot of lazy jokes. Overall it was funny, had good characters, but it didn't have a good story and the great jokes took a long time to happen, but still a comedy people will laugh at, and the scenes with the bear are hilarious.

Bradley W Super Reviewer
Sep 14, 2011

Skip it, even if you are a Will Ferrell fan, it's hard to get through this at all.

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