Silly comedy about a fictitious ABA basketball team...

Rating: 3/10 (30 July 2011)

1st watched 7/28/2011 – 3 out of 10(Dir-Kent Alterman): Silly comedy about a fictitious ABA basketball team out of Flint, Michigan and their quest to be merged into the NBA. This merger actually happened in real life back in the 70's but the ABA wasn't considered semi-pro but was equal to the NBA. The movie contains many un-truth's concerning this actual event(but for comedy's sake they get away with it). Will Ferrell, plays the owner, coach, announcer, player, promoter and motivator for the team that isn't doing well statistically or financially. They bring in a new point guard(whom they get in a trade for a washing machine for the Kentucky Colonels), played by Woody Harrelson, who is washed-up as far as a player, but knows the game and eventually takes over the coaching duties. There are funny bits in the movie but they are too few and far-between, and the movie ends up just playing out like a silly cliché-driven underdog sports movie that we've seen too many of. I personally wish they wouldn't have used the ABA because too many of us know the truth's about the league, which wasn't nearly as bad as the movie portrays it being. And please!! – Will Farrell starting on a professional basketball team?? He should have considered getting a little more in shape before taking on this role then maybe we would have believed him in the role a little more. But back to what the movie was supposed to be, a comedy – well, all-in-all the movie just wasn't that funny and therefore I definitely don't recommend it.