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Semi-Pro


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Variety
Very much in the tradition of Slap Shot, Semi-Pro scores big laughs with the rowdy play-by-play of hard-luck hoopsters strug...
Chicago Tribune
Like so much in this life, Will Ferrell's comedies tread the razor-thin line separating smart/stupid from stupid/stupid.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
I loved Ferrell in Stranger Than Fiction; liked him in Old School and Talladega Nights. Yet, except for a skyhook or two, hi...
Hollywood Reporter
Semi-Pro is a mess, but it's a likable one.
Rolling Stone
Even when the script, by Scot Armstrong, shoots airballs, Ferrell is a slam-dunk.
CanMag
Classic Will Ferrell
The Guardian
Chillingly devoid of laughs, and looks like some deconstructionist experiment, deliberately draining the comedy genre of jok...
The Boston Globe
It does get the funk out ya face for 86 minutes.
Houston Chronicles
It's long on shorts but short on punchlines.
Los Angeles Times
An orgy of disco-era excess, it's also an interminable exercise in beating a dead horse.
New York Post
Semi-Pro goes up for the dunk and misses the hoop, the backboard and the point. Instead, it manages to both strike out and g...
Salon Arts
This may be one of the most sluggish sports comedies ever made -- even the supposedly rousing final sequence feels belabored.
San Francisco Chronicle
The real problem lies in the character Ferrell is playing. Aside from the unimportant detail that there really were no forme...
USA Today
There are some ludicrous sight gags and uniquely silly, if foul-mouthed, laughs. The movie falters when it tries to be serio...
Film Threat
If all this sounds similar to another sports underdog movie about a certain endangered hockey franchise, rest assured that S...
Empire
Semi-Pro isn't painful, but it's a very minor credit for everyone involved.
Entertainment Weekly
Judging from this low-scoring sports comedy about the mystique of men with balls, Will Ferrell needs to call a time-out from...
Newsweek
The semifunny Semi-Pro is amiable enough, but you never feel there's much at stake.

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Partial Film Information

Director: Kent Alterman
Writer: Scott Armstrong
Studio: New Line Cinema
Cast: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin

Release: February 29, 2008
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