About 10 years too late. Somehow a retro 70’s movie seems passé in this retro 80s, soon to be retro 90s era. Semi-Pro is another common man Will Ferrell feature with a strong supporting cast, but unlike Anchorman and Teledega Nights this one lacks something in Ferrell’s character development. Still, it follows the genre of a common alpha-male kinda getting somewhere in a semi-professional talent pool, which is funny because we can all relate to that in someway.
It is really well edited. The movie moves very well also. It turns out to be an underdog Basketball movie that you have seen before many times over. However, they do a good job of it, and the movie is mildly entertaining throughout
The supporting cast really does support Ferrell tired shtick. One might even say that the supporting carries the film, most are up and coming character actors that you know from the Daily Show or movies like Superbad. Also, actors like Woody Harrelson can hold their own.
As for the Ferrell character Jackie Moon, he doesn’t seem as well developed as his previous films, nor does the movie seem to be as focused exclusively around him.
Semi-Pro starts out with a hilarious song over-the-top sexual song sung by Farrell and an introduction equally as funny. You see Jackie Moon in his natural environment, which is almost exactly like the start of Anchorman. Then it goes into that underdog sports story, and loses some steam.
Sadly, there are no guest appearances by the Wilson brothers or anyone like that.
Overall, it is worth a Saturday matinee price but probably not any more than that.
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