Semi-Pro is a good movie with a decent storyline and a great comedic cast.While I will admit it is not a fantastic or outstanding comedy movie,it is still enjoyable and discern't deserve the harsh reviews it received,I thought there were several very funny scenes,it certainly isn't Will Ferrell's finest film but it's not terrible.I also appreciated several other very funny actors in this movie,Will Arnett,Andy Richter and André Benjamin were very funny and I really enjoyed the scenes with Woody Harrelson,Maura Tierney and Rob Corddry,they were so ridiculous but that's what made it so funny.Semi-Pro is nothing outstanding,but it's an enjoyable comedy that I would recommend to anyone looking for a quick comedy to kill some time. A US basketball team attempt to survive the merger of two leagues in 1976.Best Performance: Will Ferrell

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.

Semi-Pro is a great movie but not that bad either, which isn't saying much because there is not much to say about this movie. It's not offensive, it has its funny moments, but it's not going to become part of the pantheon of great Hollywood classics. Its rated R and has lots has foul languages (many F-bombs). The movie has its funny moments and really weird moments. Funny moments were the poker scene, bear fighting scene, and possibly the last basketball game match between the tropics and spurs. There are some wack and unnecessary scenes like the hippy (dukes his name) wining $2000 and the vomit scene. I liked the performance of Andre Banjamin as Clearance "Coffee" Black and the broadcasters. IMO, Monix's plot was needed, they made it too extra. The beginning was alright but the end was great.Entertaining, yes! Inspirational? No. A masterpiece? Definitely not. One other point: this movie is during the 1970s (1976) so that's why the players have afro's, and short-shorts.Altogether this movie was pretty good but could have been much better, especially the very last scene (how the movie ended), it could have been better. It seemed very rushed

Recap: A one hit wonder artist uses his new found fame to buy the local basket club Tropics in Flint. He takes over as coach, but also as a player. Fortune and public interest fade, but at long last he might be able to fulfill his dream, to bring his team to the NBA. To do that he only has to make his partying ego centered players into a team and bring the audience back. No easy feat.Comments: Another day at the job, that was what it felt like. It's uninspired and mostly pointless. A few bright jokes lift the movie but it has a far way to go to even compare to other Ferrell comedies. Ferrell himself is surprisingly uninspired. He that is a master on comedies like these and able to carry them by himself seem tired and uninterested. He doesn't stand out at all. Instead it is only Woody Harrelson that seem to care, and seem to invest anything in his character. Most other seem to do it by routine only.Saved by a few fragments of bright, actually really funny jokes. Otherwise my rating would have been much lower. But too many other supposedly funny scenes jokes is only pointless and incomplete. Also, in a comedy so dependent on the actors it need much more from them.I think everyone involved can do much better, and this can hopefully be forgotten as a lone mistake.5/10