Semi-Pro review

Semi-Pro

It's Will Ferrell. It's a sports movie spoof.

I can't say much of anything about this movie other than it is Will Ferrell's worst movie of this kind. Compared to Talladega Nights or Anchorman, this movie sucks. It's comedic timing is off and it's much more cruel and unusual than the previous films of this ilk.

There are a few good laughs, though. The two announcers are absolutely hilarious. There's a particular scene that absolutely made me laugh my guts out. About half of the jokes work, and when they do they work extremely well.

Unfortunately, during the last 30 minutes of this 90 minute movie, it turns from a comedy to a full-blown underdog sports movie. I really hate uneven movies. It would have been better if it had consistently sucked, because then I'd be sure it wasn't worth the ticket stub. But now I'm not sure if it was worth it.

It's a throw-away film. It just doesn't work all too often. It could have been hilarious, but it just suffices as mildly amusing most of the time with three or so really good segments.

On the plus side, though, it had one of the best lines ever put to screen: "If you see a possum running around, try and kill it. It's not a pet."

It's better than Lust Caution at least.

66/100