Very well executed

Sadly Over-hyped

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

I can't believe no one here has made a comparison between this and the 1977 movie Slap Shot staring Paul Newman. Anyway I first watched this movie as a kid and loved it for the violence, the weird humor, and what I though was an original story. However; Semi Pro is not original in the slightest it stole everything from a little movie from the 70's called Slap Shot. Semi Pro like Slap Shot has plot which features an underdog team who are going to be disbanded at the end of the season because of their losing streak and poor track record who then decide to start improving their game but also start fights between their rival teams which makes no sense because they were playing basketball not a sport known for it's overly violent behavior between rival players. But i digress, and besides when I first watched it I knew almost nothing about professional basketball. Anyway they get a new player or players and he or they help the team drastically improve their game and consequently also get more fans. Things start to look up for protagonists but then then the coach takes a visit to the team's owner or whatever and finds they team will be disbanded regardless of if they win or not. Then as the cards seem to tipped against them, but things turn around they win the game get the trophy and become a new team. Which is the exact same plot as Slap Shot with some minor differences. Now Semi-Pro may try to add in more humor like fighting a grizzly bear or the team dressing up as fruity sea creatures and other failed attempts at humor. While Slap Shot on the other is a little more subtle with its humor though you'd be hard pressed to call anything in slap shot subtle, though it is when you examine it and it produces some honestly funny moments where most people find themselves laughing and not just spaced out stoners and nimrods who find Dane Cook and that puppet guy funny. In conclusion this movie fooled me as kid, but don't let it fool you it's a cheap ripoff of another infinitely better movie made to make money.

Sports entertainment has never been so funny. Semi-Pro written by Scott Armstrong has the same satire comedy that you would expect from any other lead-based acting that Will Ferrell takes place in. Jackie Moon (played by Will Ferrell) is responsible for bringing his struggling franchise back up to relevance both competitively on the court and financially off of it. Joined by fellow actors Woody Harrelson and Andre Benjamin, Jackie Moon starts to incorporate wild and unseen promotions to encourage more fans to visit their games, all awhile the team starts to move up in the standings. Based in the 70's, this is one of the funniest sports comedies that I've ever seen. I would recommend for any sports fan or Will Ferrell fan to see this film.

It is a great move and just another addition to will Ferrel's long list of funny movies. I have heard a lot of people say it's to silly, but what do you expect it's will Ferrel. If thats not your type of movie then i guess your probably not going to like it. But if you have found will Ferrel funny in the past you will love this it is a classic comedy filled with classic moments. Obviously it is about basketball and if you like basketball and also like a good laugh now n' again then you will watch this over and over and over and over again. Very funny film!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! !! !!!!!!!! !!!! Watch this film!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! !!!!! !!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!! !!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!! !!! !!!!!!! ! !!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!! !!!!!! !! !!! !!!!!!! !!!! !! Sorry you have to make 10 lines and I couldn't be bothered writing more so I just filled it with exclamation marks.

Semi-Pro is a great movie but not that bad either, which isn't saying much because there is not much to say about this movie. It's not offensive, it has its funny moments, but it's not going to become part of the pantheon of great Hollywood classics. Its rated R and has lots has foul languages (many F-bombs). The movie has its funny moments and really weird moments. Funny moments were the poker scene, bear fighting scene, and possibly the last basketball game match between the tropics and spurs. There are some wack and unnecessary scenes like the hippy (dukes his name) wining $2000 and the vomit scene. I liked the performance of Andre Banjamin as Clearance "Coffee" Black and the broadcasters. IMO, Monix's plot was needed, they made it too extra. The beginning was alright but the end was great.Entertaining, yes! Inspirational? No. A masterpiece? Definitely not. One other point: this movie is during the 1970s (1976) so that's why the players have afro's, and short-shorts.Altogether this movie was pretty good but could have been much better, especially the very last scene (how the movie ended), it could have been better. It seemed very rushed