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
75
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Semi-Pro is so shabbily staged, shot and edited that it hardly ranks as a movie, much less a sports film, but hilarious people keep turning up in it. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
None of Ferrell's movies have ever really done justice to the best of his "Saturday Night Live" work, but those of us who love his comedy have learned to take the good with the bad. Read full review
75
PremiereChris Willard
Ultimately, we don't purchase tickets to Will Ferrell movies for their sweeping romantic storylines, but because he makes us laugh. And Semi-Pro offers plenty of reasons to do so. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe Leydon
Very much in the tradition of "Slap Shot," George Roy Hill's raucously funny and foul-mouthed 1977 laffer about the misadventures of a minor-league hockey team, Semi-Pro scores big laughs with the rowdy play-by-play of hard-luck hoopsters struggling for professional survival. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMatt Zoller Seitz
Semi-Pro finds the sweet spot between sports melodrama and parody, and hammers it for 90 diverting minutes. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Definitely more than semi-funny. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Critics will score Semi-Pro on its missed shots. My guess is that audiences will do what they always do with Ferrell: remember when he killed them laughing. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The problem with Semi-Pro is that it keeps forgetting it's a parody of sports movies; the final scenes are supposed to be uplifting (sort of) but they're not fooling anyone. The film's much better when it just lets the guys gas and sass each other. Read full review
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