Semi-Pro

Today I got a chance to see Semi-Pro, the new Scott Armstrong (Road Trip, Old School) comedy starring Will Ferrel. For those of you haven't seen the ads, it's about 70's one-hit wonder Jackie Moon (owner, coach, and player for the Flint Tropics) as he fights to have his ABA team merged into the NBA. The movie has the usual Armstrong crew, relying on the usual slapstick and shenanigans seen in Talladega Nights and Anchorman.

When the ABA announces it's merger into the NBS in the late 70's, only four teams are allowed to move onward while the rest are disbanded. In a desperate attempt to both learn basketball and round up 2000 fans, Jackie and the Tropics go into a frenzy of ridiculous gimmicks from wrestling bears to leaping over cheerleaders.

As a die hard fan of Ferrel's work on Saturday Night Live in the 90s, I'm pretty much biased when it comes to anything and everything he shoots, with the exception of the cinematic catastrophe known as bewitched. I can't say this was bad, but after his last few successes it's probably fair to call it disappointing. For a slow, boring weekend it might be worth seeing, but you might want to just catch it on DVD.