Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Nonureva Really Surprised!

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Python Hyena Semi-Pro (2008): Dir: Kent Alterman / Cast: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, Maura Tierney, Will Arnett: Hilarious sports comedy starring Will Ferrell as promoter Jackie Moon who's basketball team sucks. Washed up player Ed Monix shows up to help them. As with Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Semi-Pro counters formula by creating interesting characters. The results are very funny with director Kent Alterman doing a terrific job with the pop culture references. This is Alterman's first film as director and he is backed by fine comic performances. Ferrell plays a show boat who desperately wishes to regain the spotlight he once had. He will stoop to wrestling a bear to gain an audience. Woody Harrelson is well cast as Monix who isn't satisfied with his past but will assist Ferrell and his team as if to correct his problem by solving another. Andre Benjamin portrays the one player worth his salt but he is sought after by another major team. Maura Tierney plays Monix's ex-girlfriend whose husband enjoys being a cuckold. Will Arnett steals scenes as an alcoholic colour commentator. The one big flaw is that the outcome is predictable. We know that Ferrell will score, Harrelson will mend, Benjamin will return, Arnett will drink while calling the event, and Tierney will be the cheating married woman. Rewarding comedy that scores big on it's 70's sports references. Score: 9 / 10

Prismark10 Jackie Moon (Will Ferrell) is a singer who had one hit with a crude disco song that made enough money for him to purchase a Basketball team in Michigan. Moon is the coach, player, owner, announcer in this struggling team in the ABA. He is reducing to pulling stunts to attract the crowds and his only hope that a merger of the ABA with the NBA will save him.The film has a nice 1970s setting and the merger of the ABA and NBA is based on fact. However the film flops as a comedy as the laughs are few and far between. In fact I only found the bear wrestling scene with Kristen Wiig raised a laugh with me. Even the announcer scenes were largely predictable.Like other Ferrell comedies the premise of the movie is absurd, the characters in the film are not well drawn and its main failing is that there was no comedy in the script.

tieman64 "Baby are you ready to lick me sexy?" - Jackie Moon Will Ferrell wears tight, buttocks hugging shorts and crotch constricting underwear in "Semi Pro", a formulaic sports comedy elevated by some moments of good silliness. Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, an ex disco singer who uses the money generated by his only musical hit – "Love Me Sexy", a funny riff on American soul, disco and funk tunes – to purchase a basketball team. As with most of Ferrell's movies, Ferrell is a gigantic buffoon, completely oblivious to how ridiculous he is. The guy's so deadpan, he doesn't bat an eyelid when strangers sleep with his wife. Repeatedly.This was the directing debut of Kent Alterman, who seems to struggle with such a big production. The film strongly resembles Paul Newman's "Slap Shot" (one of the first sports comedies), "Dodgeball" and several other Ferrell flicks.7.9/10 – See the unrated cut only. Worth one viewing.

Rodrigo Amaro I have never heard of this film until a few months ago when it was exhibited on TV. Actually it was a large campaign over this movie but still I didn't wanted to watch for some odd reason. But one Sunday afternoon after I got bored while watching the first 10 minutes of "Gengis Khan" (1969) I switched channels and found out this movie and started watching. As a result I discovered that this was a surprisingly funny movie and very delightful to watch. By that I mean that I was really laughing because it was very funny and saved the day. "Semi-Pro" is an sports related comedy staring Will Ferrell as Jackie Moon, an singer who has used the profits from his one hit single "Love Me Sexy", to buy a basketball team in Flint, Michigan becoming the owner, head coach, and starting power forward. Facing the fear of have his team dissolved because of the poor results, and under the menace that the team might not enter in the National League (only four teams will be selected to join NBA), Jackie hires Ed Monix (Woody Harrelson), a former player winner of a big championship in order to elevate the team's result. Monix not only is gonna be player but also he's gonna coach the team. The real fun things about this movie is the way Jackie promotes his team by using a bear as an attraction, the strange uniforms and the dances the players have to do. The movie also puts focus in the sports newscasters (something I always pay attention in sports themed films). Here they are played by Will Arnett (as Lou Redwood) and Andrew Daly (as Dick Pepperfield). Their punchlines are one of the best things in the movie, sometimes fighting with each other and other times agreeing with the opinions.The basketball games are nice and fun to watch (special the last match with the creation of the Alley Oop). But the funniest scene in the movie is a discussion between Lou and one of the players of the team while playing cards. In this moment, Lou is angered with something that this player said and pulls a gun threatening him. When it's revealed later that the gun was unloaded, everybody who were playing cards start to joke with each other saying disrespectful things to one another and pointing the gun to themselves and pulling the trigger was hilarious. This scene could went in the wrong way, and turn out to be a tasteless and unfunny thing, but the way that it ended was very good, very funny and very well made. This is a movie to sit back, watch it and enjoy it. If you don't be too demanding you're probably gonna like it. 10/10