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Movie Reviews of Semi-Pro
Movie Review: I expected the worst and came out surprised
Summary: 4 Stars
I went into this movie thinking it was going to be lame and I had a very low expectation. However, turns out that it was an ok movie.
What I liked...
1. The music there were some great 70s songs that made me want to put on my boogie shoes!
2. The old time ABA feel of the basketball scenes
3. Woody Harrelson did a great job as the new player coach.
What I disliked...
1. There were a few scenes with Jackie Moon that were lame (when he sleeps in the dumpster).
2. The love story needed to be developed more.
All in all this was a short movie (1.5 hours) that went by fast enough. The acting was better than expected. The plot was easy to follow. All in all this movie surprised me and would be worth a watch if there was nothing else to choose from.
Movie Review: Very Funny!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
Ever since I saw the extremely awesome Land of the Lost movie, I have been re-watching some of Will Ferrell's movies. I saw this with 3 friends, back when I was in high school, and I think I was the only one that liked it. I love how they recreate the look and feel of the 1970's. Ferrell does an awesome job as Jackie Moon, a singer who buys a basketball team called the Flint Tropics. Only four teams will move to the NBA, and the Tropics aren't looking too good. They seek the help of Ed Monix. If they have any chance of coming in 4th place, they must work as a team, and get 2,000 fans. I highly recommend SEMI-PRO!!!Movie Review: good purchase
Summary: 4 Stars
I love this movie, lots of funny scenes and I think it does a great job of keeping with the 70s theme. Very funny.Movie Review: Semi-Funny with a decent story
Summary: 3 Stars
Come on everybody! We're going back! Back to the 70's. Back to the bell bottoms and the big fro's. Back to the disco dancing and roller skating days. Back to when basketball players wore really...REALLY... short shorts.
Will Ferrell plays Jackie Moon who made a ton of money from his song "Love Me Sexy". What does Jackie go and do with it? He's buys himself a basketball team in the ABA called the Flint `Michigan' Tropicals. Jackie is a one man show who not only owns the Tropicals, but also coaches them. And to get fans into the stadium, he even promotes them with outlandish themes such as jumping over 10 cheerleaders while he's wearing roller-skates. Then one day it's decided that the ABA and the NBA will merge into one, and that 4 teams will go to the NBA. Jackie convinces them to let the 4 BEST teams go, not the 4 most popular. The commish, to make it harder on the not so popular teams, also says they have to bring in at least 2000 fans each game. So Jackie tries everything from free Corn Dog night to Jackie Wrestles Bear night. There are a decent amount of funny parts in the movie, but in all seriousness, the story is better than the comedy this time around.
To me the comedy seemed extremely forced in some parts. Usually Will Ferrell can just flow comedy out of his mouth without even a problem. But here it seemed he didn't have much help from his supporting cast when it came to impromptu time. Sometimes Will's antics will make you laugh and sometimes you wish Will would just put his comedy on hold for a few minutes so he could be fresh again. Now don't get me wrong though, there are funny parts in the movie. I for one liked the bear wrestling scene and also the interaction between Jackie Moon and the ref that is a priest. But that also has to do with the language that is used and there is a LOT of fowl language coming out of Ferrell's mouth in this movie. MF'r, F That, C-Sucker, and a lot more. I'm sure there will be more on the unrated version, but I have yet to see that one.
I'd also like to say that Andre Benjamin (from the rap group Outkast) did a really good job in this movie playing Clarence `Coffee' Black. The interaction on the bus between him and Woody Harrelson had me cringing in a good way cause I could just feel the tension between the two. Also Andre, with his big fro and all, just seemed like he should've lived in this time. Everything about him just seemed 70's. Great job.
All in all, this is definitely a rent especially if you like Ferrell. It had it's funny parts and a decent story, but I'm not sure if it was enough to actually give this a buy.
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