Sit back and Enjoy it! You Might be Surprised.

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2010)

I have never heard of this film until a few months ago when it was exhibited on TV. Actually it was a large campaign over this movie but still I didn't wanted to watch for some odd reason. But one Sunday afternoon after I got bored while watching the first 10 minutes of "Gengis Khan" (1969) I switched channels and found out this movie and started watching. As a result I discovered that this was a surprisingly funny movie and very delightful to watch. By that I mean that I was really laughing because it was very funny and saved the day.
"Semi-Pro" is an sports related comedy staring Will Ferrell as Jackie Moon, an singer who has used the profits from his one hit single "Love Me Sexy", to buy a basketball team in Flint, Michigan becoming the owner, head coach, and starting power forward. Facing the fear of have his team dissolved because of the poor results, and under the menace that the team might not enter in the National League (only four teams will be selected to join NBA), Jackie hires Ed Monix (Woody Harrelson), a former player winner of a big championship in order to elevate the team's result. Monix not only is gonna be player but also he's gonna coach the team.
The real fun things about this movie is the way Jackie promotes his team by using a bear as an attraction, the strange uniforms and the dances the players have to do. The movie also puts focus in the sports newscasters (something I always pay attention in sports themed films). Here they are played by Will Arnett (as Lou Redwood) and Andrew Daly (as Dick Pepperfield). Their punchlines are one of the best things in the movie, sometimes fighting with each other and other times agreeing with the opinions.
The basketball games are nice and fun to watch (special the last match with the creation of the Alley Oop). But the funniest scene in the movie is a discussion between Lou and one of the players of the team while playing cards. In this moment, Lou is angered with something that this player said and pulls a gun threatening him. When it's revealed later that the gun was unloaded, everybody who were playing cards start to joke with each other saying disrespectful things to one another and pointing the gun to themselves and pulling the trigger was hilarious. This scene could went in the wrong way, and turn out to be a tasteless and unfunny thing, but the way that it ended was very good, very funny and very well made.
This is a movie to sit back, watch it and enjoy it. If you don't be too demanding you're probably gonna like it. 10/10