Semi-Pro
by Kent Alterman
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Actor: Andr? Benjamin, Andrew Daly, Maura Tierney, Will Ferrell, Woody HarrelsonDirector: Kent Alterman
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Kent Alterman
Producer: Cale Boyter
Producer: David B. Householter
Producer: Jimmy Miller
Producer: Joshua Church
Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner
Writer: Scot Armstrong
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Line Home Video
Movie Reviews of Semi-Pro
Movie Review: Here comes the Alley... and there goes the Oop!
Summary: 3 Stars
Short Attention Span Summary (SASS):
Time: The `70s
1. Will Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, a one hit wonder who owns, coaches and plays with his basketball team the Flint Tropics.
2. As you would expect, the team isn't doing very well
3. Down and out, but not giving up, Moon negotiates a chance for his team to join the NBA
4. Maybe white men can't jump, but he trades a major appliance for Ed Monnix (Woody Harrelson) anyway
5. Coffee Black (Andre Benjamin) finds his form and soon the team is no longer considered the "OutKast" of the ABA
6. Moon raises the entertainment level to include dancing seahorses and bear wresting at half time
7. After receiving some valuable advice from Patti Labelle, the team almost achieves the predictable.
This is typical Will Ferrell stuff - I'd rate it better than Step Brothers, but worse than Blades of Glory. Ferrell's over the top antics are the main reason for watching this movie, even though at times it's more like morbid fascination. Andre Benjamin is good, even though his impressive afro is even better, and Harrelson? He hasn't changed a bit.
Rent (don't buy) for the basketball, and stay for the half-time show.
Jackie Moon: Everybody panic! It's just like the Titanic but it's full of bears!
Amanda Richards, October 19, 2008
Summary of Semi-Pro
Will ferrell stars in semi-pro an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick aba a fast-paced wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the nba and made a name for itself with innovations like the three-point shot and slam dunk contest. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 09/30/2008 Starring: Will Ferrell Andrea Bejamin Rating: R Director: Ken AltermanThe 1970s are back in all their excessive glory in Semi-Pro, an uneven but not uninspired Will Ferrell comedy about a professional basketball team that puts more energy into insane promotional schemes than playing well on the court. Ferrell stars as Jackie Moon, a former pop sensation who made enough money from a couple of hit records (the biggest: "Love Me Sexy") to buy Flint, Mich.'s the Tropics, a disorganized bunch of losers with one genuine talent named Coffee Black (Andre J. Benjamin). Despite knowing little about the game, Jackie is the Tropics' coach as well as a player, though his greater love is in coming up with such bizarre marketing stunts as wrestling a bear and attempting a motorcycle jump over a line of cheerleaders. When the Tropics look like they might be shut down, Jackie desperately agrees to let washed-up veteran player Monix (Woody Harrelson) take over coaching, turning the team's fortunes around--just a bit. The film's thin premise opens the floodgates to a series of absurd vignettes that suit Ferrell's silly-satiric brand of frat humor very well. There are choice moments, such as Jackie's table-shoving tantrum at a meeting of team owners (presided over by an aghast but tolerant commissioner, adroitly played by David Koechner), and his rapid escape from the Tropics' arena when he realizes everyone in the stands has won free corndogs (at Jackie's expense). Other performers shine, too, including Will Arnett and Andrew Daly as a glass-half-full/glass-half-empty pair of game announcers, and Maura Tierney as Monix's former love interest. The script is by Scot Armstrong (The Heartbreak Kid), and the film is the first directorial effort of producer Kent Alterman (Mr. Woodcock). --Tom Keogh
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