Semi-Pro (2008) - Movie Details

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. Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, a one-hit wonder who used the profits from the success of his chart-topping song "Love Me Sexy" to achieve his dream of owning a basketball...

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Basketball has evolved tremendously over the last several decades, though from what I can't really say as I neither was alive then nor care now to really research the matter. Still, basketball of old seems to scream of more innocent, less luxurious times, and Semi-Pro, the new Will Ferrell movie coming to DVD this Tuesday, had an excellent opportunity to capitalize on such a concept. Ferrell has already taken on figure skating, NASCAR and weathermen with a similar approach and style, and it seemed almost inevitable that Semi-Pro would be one of his most successful films to date. Amazingly, it turned out to be a box office disappointment, and having now watched the film, I must say that, for once, audiences were to smart to avoid this picture.

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