What a beautiful movie!

I'll tell you why so serious

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

First of all, and one may not know that, but the premise of the movie, the merger of the ABA and the NBA, is actually is a real fact. If you are a basketball fan, you will be pleasantly surprised by that side of the story.The 70's universe is very refined: looks, clothes, etc., and a special attention has been given to the soundtrack. Esthetically, Alterman met the challenge.The script is very classic with no real surprise. Everything unfolds smoothly but in a false rhythm that struggles to fully catch the attention of the viewer.The humour is very uneven and most of the gags fall flat. The absurd aspect characterizing Ferrell isn't that noticeable, maybe because he wasn't part of the writing team.

I have to say that I was disappointed with this Will Ferrell film because he is so talented and the cast is full of equally talented and known people like Woody Harrelson, Rob Corddry, Andrew Daly, Christine Wiig, and Maura Tierney. The film is set in 1976 in Flint, Michigan before the city took an economic turn for the worse. It's actually Michael Moore's hometown. It would have been nice to have seen him in the film. Unlike his Blades of Glory, his Jackie Moon is a lot more tamer than his Chaz Michael Michaels character. There is a scene with Patti LaBelle but I won't spoil it for you. Apart from the language and the surprised PG-13 rating, this film is a lot tamer about the American Basketball Association dissolving and only taking four teams to the National Basketball Association. Will the Flint Tropics be one of the lucky teams, you will have to watch and see. There are some moments like when Jackie Moon wrestles with an actual bear and jumps over the cheerleaders to help improve audience numbers. Will Ferrell is still one of my favorite performers and even though the script needs improvement, the film is still watchable.

Will Ferrell has a knock for starring in sports comedies. This is the fourth one he has made. It is a comedic turn on a semi-professional basketball league that folds and where four teams from the semi-pro league get to join the NBA. It doesn't compare to Will Ferrell's other sports comedies such as Blades of Glory or Talladega Nights. Ferrell does a fine job, but he has done much better than this. I think if the story was a little more focused on the team and a little less focused on Ferrell or the league merger, this movie would have been better. Woody Harrelson also appears in this movie and does a fine job, but he has also done much better acting than this. It is worth renting at least once if you are a fan of Will Ferrell.

I have never heard of this film until a few months ago when it was exhibited on TV. Actually it was a large campaign over this movie but still I didn't wanted to watch for some odd reason. But one Sunday afternoon after I got bored while watching the first 10 minutes of "Gengis Khan" (1969) I switched channels and found out this movie and started watching. As a result I discovered that this was a surprisingly funny movie and very delightful to watch. By that I mean that I was really laughing because it was very funny and saved the day. "Semi-Pro" is an sports related comedy staring Will Ferrell as Jackie Moon, an singer who has used the profits from his one hit single "Love Me Sexy", to buy a basketball team in Flint, Michigan becoming the owner, head coach, and starting power forward. Facing the fear of have his team dissolved because of the poor results, and under the menace that the team might not enter in the National League (only four teams will be selected to join NBA), Jackie hires Ed Monix (Woody Harrelson), a former player winner of a big championship in order to elevate the team's result. Monix not only is gonna be player but also he's gonna coach the team. The real fun things about this movie is the way Jackie promotes his team by using a bear as an attraction, the strange uniforms and the dances the players have to do. The movie also puts focus in the sports newscasters (something I always pay attention in sports themed films). Here they are played by Will Arnett (as Lou Redwood) and Andrew Daly (as Dick Pepperfield). Their punchlines are one of the best things in the movie, sometimes fighting with each other and other times agreeing with the opinions.The basketball games are nice and fun to watch (special the last match with the creation of the Alley Oop). But the funniest scene in the movie is a discussion between Lou and one of the players of the team while playing cards. In this moment, Lou is angered with something that this player said and pulls a gun threatening him. When it's revealed later that the gun was unloaded, everybody who were playing cards start to joke with each other saying disrespectful things to one another and pointing the gun to themselves and pulling the trigger was hilarious. This scene could went in the wrong way, and turn out to be a tasteless and unfunny thing, but the way that it ended was very good, very funny and very well made. This is a movie to sit back, watch it and enjoy it. If you don't be too demanding you're probably gonna like it. 10/10