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Title: Semi-Pro (2008)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Will Ferrell | ... | Jackie Moon | |
| Woody Harrelson | ... | Monix | |
| André Benjamin | ... | Clarence | |
| Maura Tierney | ... | Lynn | |
| Andrew Daly | ... | Dick Pepperfield | |
| Will Arnett | ... | Lou Redwood | |
| Andy Richter | ... | Bobby Dee | |
| David Koechner | ... | Commissioner | |
| Rob Corddry | ... | Kyle | |
| Matt Walsh | ... | Father Pat the Ref | |
| Jackie Earle Haley | ... | Dukes | |
| DeRay Davis | ... | Bee Bee Ellis | |
| Josh Braaten | ... | Twiggy Munson | |
| Jay Phillips | ... | Scootsie Double Day | |
| Peter Cornell | ... | Vakidis | |
Three men, three dreams. It's 1976 in Flint, Michigan. Jackie Moon's American Basketball Association team languishes in last place, with few fans in the seats. Jackie dreams of a merger with the NBA. A tough-minded point guard named Monix is at the end of his career; he's played on the champion Celtics but accepts a trade to Flint to be close to Lynn, the love of his life. Clarence "Coffee" Brown dreams of stardom: he's the Tropics' best player, but he's a hotdog who doesn't value teamwork. When the trio learns that a merger is in the works that won't include the Tropics, they pull the team together to try to achieve the impossible. Can dreams come true in Flint? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Figured the holiday was a great time to catch this movie, which I wasn't overly excited about, but thought it would be something to do on a lazy afternoon.
Got to the cinema a tad early and sat down and played some golf on my phone. About 10 mins in and I was the only one there. Awesome. Sadly about 5mins later two losers with no friends walked in, making it a cosy cinema of 3.
The film starts with a pre-game intro of the Flint Tropics, a struggling team in the former ABA basketball league. We learn from the get go that Jackie Moon (Ferrell, in a role not much of a stretch for him) is the team owner, promoter, coach as well as a player. Jackie brought the team on the back of his one-hit wonder "Love Me Sexy" and is in it just for the fame and fun. Before too long Jackie finds out his team will absorbed by the ABA-NBA merger...unless he can get them in the Top 4 teams. Jackie goes out and signs (from a trade for a washing machine) Monix, played by formerly good actor Woody Harrelson in a minor attempt to tun things around. Soon he makes some other changes, such as agreeing to let Monix become coach to get his team into the NBA. Will it work......? See it to find out.
There's some more good quirky Ferrell humour, but this isn't a classic. The story had a lot more potential but in some circumstances went too oddball and weird and missed some good opportunities, probably largely due to the extra screen time given to Ferrell. Give him a few better support comedians and this could have been a classic. They missed some great opportunities with the basketball action too. One of the early scenes was gold.....but then after that very little was paid attention to.