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It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

It's 1976 in Flint, Michigan.Jackie Moon's American Basketball Association team languishes in last place, with few fans in the seats.Jackie dreams of a merger with the NBA. A tough-minded point guard named Monix is at the end of his career; he's played on the champion Celtics but accepts a trade to Flint to be close to Lynn, the love of his life.Clarence "Coffee" Brown dreams of stardom: he's the Tropics' best player, but he's a hot dog who doesn't value teamwork.When the trio learns that a merger is in the works that won't include the Tropics, they pull the team together to try to achieve the impossible....It's ironic that the lack of seats taken in the Tropics court, mirrors bums on seats in the cinema. It's by far the worst movie Ferrell has made, and there isn't one (in my opinion) funny moment in it.Ferrel has just done too many sport related movies which are either really over the top, or just too silly for their own good.It's to profane as well. Sure it's supposed to be an adult comedy, but it looks forced in this and swear words are just for laughs.It's predictable, boring and it dies a death at the end.Avoid.

This movie is a pretty good venture for Will Ferrell and his cast of well- known actors playing somewhat comedic roles. The main element of comedy in the movie is the stupidity of Ferrell's character, Jackie Moon, an independent basketball team owner/coach and former music one-hit-wonder with his song "Love Me Sexy." His sports-themed movies are pretty much all the same, and this being the fourth sports movie he's done, it didn't really add anything to what has been done in his past movies. I think the funniest part in the movie was when he thought it would be a good idea for his team to wear eye shadow to freak out the other team and the craziness that ensues. For the most part, I liked the movie, but if it were in my DVD collection, I'd probably overlook it most of the time. The concepts are funny on their own, but Ferrell ends up playing a very needy, confused individual that gets annoying after awhile.

For a few minutes into it, I thought it was going to be at least better than "Blades of Glory" but I was wrong. This was just stupid without the humor in it, it seems to try overly hard in order to be funny...But it just isn't. Will Ferrell just acts like a obnoxious idiot that is cocky, in another words it's the same acting he played in many other roles in his past. His past movies were okay, but it seems like they aren't trying any more and just put Will Ferrell in a sports movie thinking he is going to carry the film, but it just doesn't work. And like many of his other roles he does random stuff to be funny, except this time they over do it a lot. First half was okay and than it's just plain boring. Rental at best.4.3/10

Kent Alterman's "Semi-Pro," is a semi-true historical account of the Flint Tropics, from Flint, Michigan. The movie is actually quite funny. I watched it with my friend and his younger brother. I laughed, and so did they. And considering I'm not a fan of Will Ferrell, "Semi-Pro" is much funnier than I thought it would be.Set in 1976, Ferrell is Jackie Moon, a flamboyant singer/songwriter whose hit song was enough of a success for him to become owner of the Flint Tropics and also become its star player. He's a motivational leader, if nothing else. Fan attendance has been on the decline for some time now, and the Tropics have yet to win a game.Things get worse for Jackie Moon when his corporate sponsors announce a merger with the NBA, which threatens the future of his Semi-Pro team. However, he manages to strike a deal that if his team finishes the end of the season within the top-four, the Tropics won't be disbanded and his players won't be forced to go back to meaningless, boring jobs in their ramshackle hometown. The team gets a leg-up when washed-up pro Ed Modix (Woody Harrelson) is traded to the team and eventually becomes the head coach."Semi-Pro" is a funny movie, considering the talents of leading funny-man Will Ferrell. He manages to keep this project afloat, despite my initial doubts about his acting talents, but he works, giving his scenes with enough leadership and witty one-liners to be a truly leading funny-man. Another surprise was Andre Benjamin as Clarence, the team hot-shot. Most surprising about his performance was that rather than him being a ball-hog, instead he's a human being who is capable of recognizing his own faults and actually being a team player."Semi-Pro" proved to be a solidly entertaining sports comedy, despite the fact I'm not a fan of Will Ferrell. I liked this movie. I think that because I saw the film in its unrated format, I got to see in all its comedic vulgarity. I guess that with the proper material, Ferrell is capable of being a lead performer and funny-man; he proved it with "Stranger Than Fiction." Ultimately, though, I think "Semi-Pro" will be relegated to the usual comedic fodder that's coming out of Hollywood these days.7/10