Semi-Pro

Semi-Pro (Rated R)

Running time: 1 hr 31 mins

Cast:

Will Ferrell
Woody Harrelson
Andre Benjamin

Critical consensus (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/):

** out of *****

My consensus:

**1/2 out of *****

The premise: Jackie Moon, the owner-coach-player of the American Basketball Association's Flint Michigan Tropics, rallies his teammates to make their NBA dreams come true.

My review: I feel like I am watching Will Ferrells slow spiral down to the end of his reign of popularity. Actually let me say first, I liked Semi-Pro, it was funny. The story was dumb and corny, the acting was over the top and cheesey; but that's what these movies are all about: corniness. But I feel that's all this movie had, was some pretty good humor. I'm getting tired of Ferrell playing this same character over and over. It was a breakthrough in "Anchorman" a few years ago, but with Semi-Pro and "Blades of Glory" he's sort of overstaying his welcome. I like Ferrell in movies like "Stranger than Fiction" he can do dramedy, he's capable of being a good actor. But he cheats himself out in movies like this. This type of comedy is already a dying breed. Semi-Pro is a funny movie worth seeing once, but as a movie, it isn't "good".

My advice: Semi-See it!

*This film is now on DVD.