Watch: Semi-Pro 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – Three men, three dreams. It’s 1976 in Flint, Michigan. Jackie Moon’s American Basketball Association team languishes in last place, with few fans in the seats. Jackie dreams of a merger with the NBA. A tough-minded point guard named Monix is at the end of his career; he’s played on the champion Celtics but accepts a trade to Flint to be close to Lynn, the love of his life. Clarence “Coffee” Brown dreams of stardom: he’s the Tropics’ best player, but he’s a hotdog who doesn’t value teamwork. When the trio learns that a merger is in the works that won’t include the Tropics, they pull the team together to try to achieve the impossible. Can dreams come true in Flint?.
Plot: Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to merge with the best teams of the ABA at the end of the season. Only the top four teams will make the move and the worst teams will fold. The Tropics are the worst team in the league and if they want to make it to the NBA, Jackie Moon must rally his team and start winning. The only problem is the fact that Jackie Moon is not really the coach and star basketball player he thinks he is. To keep his team from oblivion and leave his mark in the city, Jackie Moon must inspire his team to win fourth place in the playoffs.
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Very good Will Ferrell Vehicle
Semi-pro will not go down in the anals of great comedies.If you are looking for a plot synopsis, well this movie is not for you. It’s pretty short on story and pretty high on funny bits.
The one thing I will say is that the film is not overpowered by Will Ferrell silliness. Oh don’t mistake me there is some silliness but it is only part of a greater picture.
It has 4-5 hilarious scenes and many lines that will be quotable for a long time. I left the theatre laughing and repeating line with my friends. And really what more are you asking for in a Will Ferrell Comedy???
Needs more Doctor J
One of the joys of being a university student is getting invited to free sneak previews. I went to one last night, where the front half of the theater was packed with students while the back was filled with members of the writing team, taking careful notes on which jokes we did and did not laugh at. For the most part, the reaction was positive, and the jokes that failed miserably will probably get edited out by the time the movie officially opens.The movie was pretty sports-comedy formulaic, with the down-and-out lovable losers getting a big chance, then introducing a new character who will inspire them, and a few montages later, the big finale. The R-rating was used mainly on adding in lots of cuss-words, with mixed humorous results. There was a really funny joke about masturbation. I was hoping for a little more basketball craziness, but oh well.
The highlight, of course, was Will Ferrel meeting the 70s. I myself was not alive in the 70s, so I only know about the culture through the disco-funk lens of caricature cinema. Ferrel is one funky mofo so he thrives. I would say this was one of his better efforts, topping Taladega nights, Elf, and the ice skating one. It’s not as good as Anchorman, mainly because it’s just not as quotable.
In short, if you like Will Ferrel, or 70s funk (the soundtrack is hella dope), see this movie.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 31 min (91 min), 1 hr 38 min (98 min) (unrated DVD), 1 hr 39 min (99 min) (unrated)
Budget 0
Revenue 33472850
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Comedy, Sport
Director Kent Alterman
Writer Scot Armstrong
Actors Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André 3000
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 4 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arriflex 435 ES, Panavision Primo, Super Speed MKII and Ultra Speed MKII Lenses, Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL, Panavision Primo, Super Speed MKII and Ultra Speed MKII Lenses, Panavision Panaflex Platinum, Panavision Primo, Super Speed MKII and Ultra Speed MKII Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA, EFILM Digital Laboratories, Hollywood (CA), USA (digital intermediate)
Film Length 2,493 m (Sweden), 2,500 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 Expression 500T 5229)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (Fuji Eterna-CP 3513DI), D-Cinema