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Semi-Pro
After pointing out the first review for Semi-Pro, which claimed the film was one of Ferrell's best, reader 'ScSteve' figured we should take a bigger consensus. It turns out not everybody feels this way, and the reviews popping up are more negative than positive.
Early Reviews for Semi-Pro
While our review for the Ferrell comedy will be arriving tonight, here is a mixed set to hold you over. As you might have guessed, film fan sites seem to be the source of the positive reviews. This can be both good and bad, of course...
KyleSmithOnline
“Semi-Pro” goes up for the dunk and misses the hoop, the backboard and the point. It manages to both strike out and get sacked instead. Whose idea was it to remake “Slap Shot” a la Jerry Lewis?
Two completely different movies strangle the laughs out of each other in an inept 70s basketball comedy. Will Ferrell does slapstick in patterned sateen shirts with matching scarves that speak louder than the script. For no reason, he fights a bear, rollerskates over a line of cheerleaders and has a black mom. He’s doing “Anchorman” with a fro.
ComingSoon
For the second year in a row, Will Ferrell offers a cure for the winter/spring blahs with a sports comedy, this time taking on basketball in a retro-comedy offering ‘70s humor that harks back to his popular hit Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Ferrell’s new comedy Semi-Pro reunites him with writer Scot Armstrong who penned Old School and the Starsky & Hutch remake, as well as reuniting him with the studio that released his biggest comedy Elf, paving the way for so many other big comedies. On top of all that, he’s returning to the R-rated humor of Old School, which many feel is Ferrell’s breakout, that would make it sound like Semi-Pro could be Ferrell’s biggest movie ever, right?
Read the reviews for Semi-Pro by clicking the bold links above.
Semi-Pro opens to theaters on February 29th.
For the trailers, posters, stills and additional movie info, go to the Semi-Pro Movie Page.
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