Semi-Pro finds the sweet spot between sports melodrama and parody, and hammers it for 90 diverting minutes.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
The problem with Semi-Pro is that it keeps forgetting it's a parody of sports movies; the final scenes are supposed to be uplifting (sort of) but they're not fooling anyone. The film's much better when it just lets the guys gas and sass each other.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Critics will score Semi-Pro on its missed shots. My guess is that audiences will do what they always do with Ferrell: remember when he killed them laughing.Read Full Review »
What at least distinguishes Semi-Pro from its predecessors (not only those starring Ferrell, but also such lesser lights as "Dodgeball" and "Balls of Fury") is that it's a slightly darker movie--one made for grown-ups, hence the R rating.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Crust
Harrelson and Maura Tierney, who plays Monix's love interest, seem to be inhabiting a different, more interesting, movie, one that follows the familiar path of a has-been athlete seeking redemption at what looks like his last stop. The strange thing is that the subplot is so tangential to the rest of the movie that the scenes could be omitted with no one the wiser.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
The semifunny Semi-Pro is amiable enough, but you never feel there's much at stake.Read Full Review »
Instead of a satire, they give us a tired, tedious victory-for-the-underdog story, and the unevenness of Ferrell's comedy makes it less appealing.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
The big goofball relies too much on the funny hair and swingin' postures of the era as punchlines in themselves.Read Full Review »
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