Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
0.5/4
What a Waste of Will
CarrieMiller - wrote on 08/04/2008
I was so excited to watch the new Will Ferrell movie, Semi-Pro but was just disappointed. This movie has a weak plot, poor jokes with excessive swearing and violence.
Will Ferrell does his best to inject humor into the script but his efforts are lost due to poor direction by Kent Alterman. His facial expressions, used so well in other movies such as Elf and Blades of Glory, hold the key to his humor but the audience never really get to see them close up as the camera sweeps out to show the cheap looking set and other actors.
The real opportunities for laughter come from the setting of the film in the 1970s. There are brief lines poking fun at the era such as the explanation of fondue and the huge hair styles sported by members of the cast. These however are not used to their …
Rating of
3/4
E.L.E - Everybody Loves Everybody
BryanFury - wrote on 04/10/2008
Nobody could ever put eyeliner into good use in a basketball game except for Will Ferrel. I really think that doing sport movies is becoming a trend nowadays and Ferrel's game is certainly at its peak. Everything from the comedic stints to the script and not to mention the colorful characters, every single one of them just blended beautiful music together. Who would have thought that an ex SNL goof ball could ever be a race car driver, an ice skating champ and a basketball semi pro in one lifetime. Andre Benjamin was a surprise for me. He could try something a little dark next time and win an acting award because he’s certainly got that actor’s niche. Woody Harelson also brought his “A” game and mixed a different blend of drama in this movie. Overall Semi pro has about 80 …
Rating of
3/4
Not Ferrell's best, but still enjoyable
DB - wrote on 03/19/2008
For a person with a lot of basketball knowledge, not only with the game itself but also the history of the game, I took more from this movie than average Will Ferrell fan.
An interesting concept with the made up ABA team 'Flint Tropicals'. Set in the time when the ABA existed and was being absorbed by the NBA, Will Ferrell's character makes a last ditch effort to bring his team into the NBA by bringing in Woody Harrelson and doing crazy things to bring in fans.
Not much depth to the movie, but what movie does with Will Ferrell? The 'R' rating was a bit surprising before I went to the movie, but quickly confirmed by the insane amount of F-Bombs and other nasty language. However, I am a fan of the lack of pot references.
There's a bear, a song sang by Will Ferrell, and a …
Rating of
0.5/4
Semi-Pro
C - wrote on 03/02/2008
Semi-pro another indication that it is taking less and less talent to make movies in hollywood now.It now just takes a little bit of money and a couple actors and very little talent to make a blockbuster that sells to the very small minded market that watches them.
Semi -pro starts off with a look at jackie moon a typical arrogant owner/player/coach of a once aba team the tropics, the team has very little going for them from very little fans to very little money they are even without a washing machine. But the movie is appealing from the trailers and clips that have been spammed online and across the tv but dont be fooled, it is another Will Ferrell dumping in which the trailer shows the only semi- funny parts. Its ashame that an actor that had put out a well done drama comedy …
Rating of
3/4
Semi-Good
Alex - wrote on 03/02/2008
I think that most people would consider Will Ferrell the funniest actor in Hollywood. He has had several hits and a few misses. When I first saw the previews for Semi-Pro I felt that it was an exact rip off of Blades of Glory. BOG is not a good movie, but I still had hope.
I was actually quite surprised (though my wife thought it was dumb). There were several really funny scenes but then there were also the standard feel good fake worthless scenes. Ferrell had some funny moments, but to be honest, the rest of the cast was not funny. The comedy scenes kept coming and the pacing was done well.
I would have liked to have scene less dumb scenes and more intelligent comedy, but maybe that will be included in his next movie "Step Brothers," which I saw a preview for.
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