Hilarious But The Same Stuff

Rating: 7/10 (13 October 2008)

Semi-Pro
Starring: Will Ferrell, Andre Benjamin, Woody Harrelson, Rob Corddry, Andy Richter, Maura Tierney, David Koechner and Will Arnett
Genre: Comedy
Rated: R
Will Ferrell stars in his fourth sports movie, Semi-Pro. Will Ferrell plays singer Jackie Moon who buys the ABA team, the Flint Tropics from the profits of his hit song, "Love Me Sexy". Jackie Moon is a player, owner and coach of the Flint Tropics as well. The ABA Commissioner (David Koechner) announces that the American Basketball Association would merge with the NBA (which did happen back in the 1970's in real life but it's not based off that entirely) but only four teams would go and now Jackie Moon must try to get his team to average over to 2,000 fans in order to get his team into the NBA merge with the help of acquiring Ed Monix (Woody Harrelson). The movie is hilarious even though most of it is basically recycled stuff from Will Ferrell's other sports movies and Anchorman. But I would assume that this is Will Ferrell's last sports comedy movie since he plays the exact same character as in "Kicking & Screaming", "Talladega Nights" and "Blades of Glory". I didn't like how the basketball game scene shots were too tight when they could've been a little wider. Pretty hilarious but I don't think I can see Will Ferrell doing another sports movie.