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Semi-Pro (2008)

Director: Kent Alterman

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From Time Out London

It’s rimshots all the way in this unexceptional Will Ferrell basketball comedy which gives its star a garish ’70s backdrop of fish-bowl bubble-perms, sequin-trimmed kaftans and Average White Band in which to wave his broad comic shtick (running around in circles, flailing arms, screaming, etc).

He plays Jackie Moon, a hirsute, one-time funk sensation who injects the profits of his sole hit single ‘Love Me Sexy’ into buying rinky-dink local basketball team Flint Tropics, who he plays for, manages and promotes.

Like ‘Talladega Nights’ and ‘Anchorman’, ‘Semi-Pro’ resorts to the bombast of brash ‘infotainment’ news and sports programming to mine its humour. This, admittedly, yields a few glorious moments (Moon, for purely hyperbolic motives, dubs the final game of the Tropics’ season the ‘Mega Bowl’ and claims it to be the greatest event since ‘the invention of the submarine’) but also leaves you with the chilling thought that there isn’t a sport that couldn’t be stripped and stretched to fit this tired format.

Author: David Jenkins

Time Out London Issue 1958 Feb 27 – March 4

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charlie h said...

Posted on Mar 24 2008 10:18 will farrell in magic he can make the worse fill brill if ya dont like him ur a boring twat!!!!

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Shahinoor said...

Posted on Mar 23 2008 17:15 Roger rabbit: what kind of lowlife makes love to a bag of spanners? This film was a great will ferrel movie and i would pay to watch it again!

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GASHFACE said...

Posted on Mar 20 2008 18:31 GASH

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benn bobbins said...

Posted on Mar 12 2008 19:07 absolutly crackin film 1 of will ferrells best after old school id let will love me sexy anytime alright skills x x x x x x x x x x x x

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Sas said...

Posted on Mar 11 2008 14:26 If you do not think that this is one of the all time great Ferrel movies, to quote the legendary Ron Burgandy, "I will fight you".

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roger rabbit said...

Posted on Mar 09 2008 18:55 If you have the IQ of a rattle you will luv this.....however for the rest of the honest hard working taxpayers heres two words to sum it up SHIT & BULL .....had a better night having sex with a bag o spanners !!!!!

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Dick$i said...

Posted on Mar 09 2008 18:18 This film is THE most complete load of shit i have seen in a longgggg time! It tries to be funny and has no plot and its as bad as some bollocks ive seen like the ginger dead man, and that was shit.

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shotgun said...

Posted on Mar 08 2008 19:11 david jenkins is off his chops on dental cream. he doesnt know whats happening. hope he comes to it soon

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Chris + Bex said...

Posted on Mar 06 2008 10:54 Will is a proper legend, try 'talledega nights' and 'anchorman' for more of the same! gonna see this tonight, cant wait

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adam said...

Posted on Mar 05 2008 21:33 WILL FERRELL is brilliant!
You rated it bad, because u have a crap boring sense of humour.

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ellis jeb end said...

Posted on Mar 01 2008 16:17 dnt know not seen it jeb ends

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Sean Boyes said...

Posted on Feb 29 2008 20:31 Correct, Ferrell is a mastermind! He hasn't been in one bad film yet!!!

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Justin Pierre said...

Posted on Feb 28 2008 21:17 I agree, you clearly do not get the genius that is Ferrell.

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Josh Jarrard said...

Posted on Feb 28 2008 03:43 David Jenkins.... you clearly didn't like any of Dr. Ferrell's other films. Why in the world would you even try watching, or even more so, reviewing this film? Stay away from Will Ferrell Comedies for the remainder of your career please. Your taste clearly does not match the content.

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