Disappointing Ferrell sports comedy

Rating: 6/10 (20 March 2008)

SEMI-PRO (2008) ** Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, Maura Tierney, Andrew Daly, Will Arnett, Andy Richter, David Koechner, Rob Corddry, Matt Walsh, Jackie Earle Haley, Tim Meadows, DeRay Davis, Josh Braaten, Jay Phillips, Peter Cornell, Jason Sudeikis, Kristen Wiig, Ed Helms. More miss-than-hit send-up of basketball films comedy with Ferrell getting his ya-yas out in a ridiculous 'fro as Jackie Moon, a player/coach of the ill-fated ABA Flint Michigan Tropics who face their potentially last season after an announcement of the league ceding with, and the attempts by Moon to get his team into fourth place to gain access to NBA glory. The lackadaisical direction by Kent Alterman and an unnecessarily vulgar screenplay by Scot Armstrong only hinder a few strained laughs and a game ensemble of some of comedy's best-unsung performers.