Semi-Pro (Un-rated version)
Jackie Moon (Will Ferrell) is the owner/coach/player of the ABA team the Tropics and he discovers that the ABA will go out of business at the end of the season. This also means his team will disappear, if Jackie doesn’t do something about it.
That’s the central plot of the movie, but there’s so many random jokes and subplots thrown into the mix that the main plot almost becomes buried in the goofiness. Semi-Pro is Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Anchorman on acid and mushrooms.
There are so many jokes and subplots jammed inside that almost none of them really pay off in the end.
The movie is full of funny people, but most of them never stand out as being compelling, with the exception of André Benjamin (Outkast), who isn’t a comedian. But, he handles himself fairly well as the straight man.
I just didn’t find much in the movie that really worked and I really wanted to like this movie too. Will Ferrell still hasn’t “jumped the shark” like Adam Sandler, but that shark is getting close. The movie isn’t a total bust and there are a few funny moments and female nudity in there.
Grade: C-
I haven't seen this movie, but something that SamuraiFrog said about it felt so right about how it was presented. Woody Harrelson should have been the star, and Will Ferrell should have been the comedic secondary character.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point. It felt like the movie wanted to it to be about Woody, but kept focusing it on Ferrell instead.
ReplyDeleteIt would have been a better movie if it was about Woody instead.