Semi-Pro - Unrated (Two-Disc "Let's Get Sweaty" Edition)
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Actor: Jackie Earle Haley, Maura Tierney, Patti LaBelle, Tim Meadows, Woody HarrelsonBrand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Shane Hurlbut
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-03
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: New Line Home Video
DVD Reviews of Semi-Pro - Unrated (Two-Disc "Let's Get Sweaty" Edition)
DVD Review: FERRELL FANS KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND THEY WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.....MUCH!
Summary: 3 Stars
The Will Ferrell movie machine keeps cranking out film after film. Unfortunately, they haven't been getting better. On a good note, they aren't all that bad either. This film has some very funny moments, but none as good as Ferrell's earlier outings. If your a fan you know what to expect and if your not.......why are you reading this?DVD Review: I expected the worst and came out surprised
Summary: 4 Stars
I went into this movie thinking it was going to be lame and I had a very low expectation. However, turns out that it was an ok movie.
What I liked...
1. The music there were some great 70s songs that made me want to put on my boogie shoes!
2. The old time ABA feel of the basketball scenes
3. Woody Harrelson did a great job as the new player coach.
What I disliked...
1. There were a few scenes with Jackie Moon that were lame (when he sleeps in the dumpster).
2. The love story needed to be developed more.
All in all this was a short movie (1.5 hours) that went by fast enough. The acting was better than expected. The plot was easy to follow. All in all this movie surprised me and would be worth a watch if there was nothing else to choose from.
DVD Review: I was in a good mood last night
Summary: 5 Stars
and an even better mood tonight since the Steelers won the Superbowl.
Most Will Ferrell movies are pretty much the same as far as what to expect- usually he portrays an extremely obnoxious character that does mean or disgusting things JUST to get a reaction. And I won't lie to you- he does the same thing here.
It's just that, for some reason, I actually found some of his jokes funny on this movie, and plus there's a LOT more characters other than Will that will take the attention away from him and his usual unnecessary ways of getting a reaction out of the viewer.
Some of the basketball scenes were decent enough. I was laughing at a few of them. At least the movie tries to be a slight improvement over those other Will Ferrell films.
Only a movie you should watch if you're REALLY in the mood for Will Ferrell's style of humor.
DVD Review: Xmas gift for adult son
Summary: 5 Stars
My son, who is over 21, adores the Will Farrel flicks.
He is enjoying this one very much.
DVD Review: Uneven, but still funny
Summary: 3 Stars
Will Ferrell can get you to laugh one way or another, and while Semi-Pro doesn't quite provide the laughs like other Ferrell vehicles such as Anchorman, Talladega Nights, or even Step Brothers; it still manages to deliver enough laughs to make it worthwhile. Ferrell stars as Jackie Moon; a former pop sensation who owns the Tropics ABA team. However, the ABA is crumbling, and the NBA is absorbing a number of teams, and naturally the Tropics aren't one of them. Soon enough, Jackie and his crew of lovable losers (including Woody Harrelson and Andre Benjamin) start playing seriously, and Jackie orchestrates one chaotic marketing gig after another. Where Semi-Pro fails the most is that the film drags in a number of spots, and just doesn't have as many laughs as the previously mentioned Ferrell vehicles. Still, the good in Semi-Pro outweighs the bad, with some great casting in the vein of Harrelson as a washed-up former NBA'er, who has many great moments in the film. Also featuring Maura Tierney, Will Arnett and Andrew Daly as a pair of yin & yang announcers, as well as Ferrell regulars Andy Richter, David Koechner, Rob Corddry, Matt Walsh, and a small but very funny role for Watchmen star Jackie Earle Haley.
Description of Semi-Pro - Unrated (Two-Disc "Let's Get Sweaty" Edition)
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 team. But Moon's franchise, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the worst team in the league and in danger of folding when the ABA announces its plans to merge with the NBA. If they want to survive, Jackie and the Tropics must now do the seemingly impossible - win.The 1970s are back in all their excessive glory in Semi-Pro, an uneven but not uninspired Will Ferrell comedy about a professional basketball team that puts more energy into insane promotional schemes than playing well on the court. Ferrell stars as Jackie Moon, a former pop sensation who made enough money from a couple of hit records (the biggest: "Love Me Sexy") to buy Flint, Mich.'s the Tropics, a disorganized bunch of losers with one genuine talent named Coffee Black (Andre J. Benjamin). Despite knowing little about the game, Jackie is the Tropics' coach as well as a player, though his greater love is in coming up with such bizarre marketing stunts as wrestling a bear and attempting a motorcycle jump over a line of cheerleaders. When the Tropics look like they might be shut down, Jackie desperately agrees to let washed-up veteran player Monix (Woody Harrelson) take over coaching, turning the team's fortunes around--just a bit. The film's thin premise opens the floodgates to a series of absurd vignettes that suit Ferrell's silly-satiric brand of frat humor very well. There are choice moments, such as Jackie's table-shoving tantrum at a meeting of team owners (presided over by an aghast but tolerant commissioner, adroitly played by David Koechner), and his rapid escape from the Tropics' arena when he realizes everyone in the stands has won free corndogs (at Jackie's expense). Other performers shine, too, including Will Arnett and Andrew Daly as a glass-half-full/glass-half-empty pair of game announcers, and Maura Tierney as Monix's former love interest. The script is by Scot Armstrong (The Heartbreak Kid), and the film is the first directorial effort of producer Kent Alterman (Mr. Woodcock). --Tom Keogh
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