Release Date
February 29, 2008
DVD Release Date
June 3, 2008 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Kent Alterman
Writer
Scot Armstrong
Cast
Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, Maura Tierney, Will Arnett, Andy Richter, Rob Corddry, DeRay Davis, Josh Braaten, Jay Phillips, Jackie Earle Haley
Studio
Running Time
90 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language and some sexual content
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... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
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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