Will Ferrell movies are like pizza: even when they’re bad they’re good. While “Semi-Pro” is no deep-dish olive and pepperoni, it’s enough to keep us Ferrell fans sated.Ferrell stars as the flashy buffoon Jackie Moon, owner-coach-player of the worst team in the American Basketball Association (ABA), the Flint Michigan Tropics. When the National Basketball Association (NBA) announces its plans to absorb four ABA teams, Moon and his Tropics attempt the impossible – to win 4th place and snag the NBA prize.
While the film is vulgar, stupid and downright absurd (with Ferrell sporadically erupting into his trademark tantrums and balderdash), semi-serious subplots emerge with co-star characters Clarence “Coffee” Black (Andre Benjamin) and Monix (Woody Harrelson) weaving into the narrative struggles of self-doubt and self-actualization.
You won’t be moved to tears or split your gut laughing, but Ferrell’s comedic doofus genius and the subplot drama makes for an entertaining 90 minutes.
1 comments:
I'll go see it....no I won't go see it....maybe I'll go see it....have I seen it?......will it be on AMC in 2011?...I'll wait...
When they started charging $3.50 to see a movie I quit going to the show. A well written review though.
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