Semi-Pro
New Line Cinema | Release Date: February 29, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
15
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The court scenes are rarely funny, either in the trash talk or the slapstick. Read full review
38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Just Will Ferrell doing the same man-boy shtick he usually does. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
For die-hard Ferrell fans, this could be the ultimate test. He has been playing variations of "Elf" for five years, and his antics have grown as stale as Jackie's socks. Read full review
30
SalonStephanie Zacharek
This may be one of the most sluggish sports comedies ever made -- even the supposedly rousing final sequence feels belabored and chubby. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
Goes up for the dunk and misses the hoop, the backboard and the point. Instead, it manages to both strike out and get sacked. Whose idea was it to remake "Slap Shot" a la Jerry Lewis? Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleJosh Rosenblatt
But basketball … basketball doesn’t deserve the Ferrell treatment. Basketball is a sport of kings, a thing of beauty and elegance, America’s game. Which doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be mocked but that if it must be mocked it deserves to be mocked well, and Semi-Pro, unfortunately, isn’t up to the challenge. Read full review
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