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(1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 22% Rotten Page   1   "For the first time ever, Will Ferrell's performance failed to make me laugh even once."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker C+ "Had a script been written, I'm confident that we could have had a great comedy on our hands."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 3.5/5 "Semi-Pro may look like recycled Will Ferrell, outrageous personality and all, but there is an attention to detail and a surreal '70s splash that makes it all work."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron C "Will Ferrell's most cluttered film to date...a few more movies like this, and Ferrell could find himself trapped in a creative black hole that might lead to a future of miserable boat show appearances."   DVDTalk.com   Brian Orndorf B- "Will Farrell loiters in the comfort of his signature punch-drunk delivery of outrageous lines and sight gags in a '70s era parody that extends the funk vibe of Judd Apatow's summer comedy "Superbad.""   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Jackie's vast neediness and ego overwhelm not only Coffee Black, but also the rest of Semi-Pro."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2/5 "A comedy air ball."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 1.5/4 "...there does reach a point at which one can't help but shake their head at the relentless needlessness of it all."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 0.5/4 "Stay home and watch any of Ferrell's past films, all of which are more worthwhile than this monotonously unfunny tripe."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B- "The film is not up to par with some of Ferrell's previous efforts, but there are many very funny moments and scenes here."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider D+ "I am sick to death of the clueless, arrogant buffoon that Will Ferrell has made his stock-in-trade, and desperate to see the talented comic do something -- anything -- else."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C "Only sporadically funny, ineffectual when it goes serious or sentimental, and, in the last analysis, is mostly mediocre."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/4 "If you're on the prowl for a Ferrell yuk-fest, you'd do better renting one of his more successful comedies than spending money on this faux sports dud. Only die-hard fans of the SNL alumn will find anything worthwhile here."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/4 "There's an honest-to-goodness sports movie trying to emerge in this typically goofy Will Ferrell comedy. Too bad it didn't try a little harder."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito B+ "Will Ferrell in short shorts. Isn't that enough to inspire you to see the movie Semi-Pro?"   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr B "Semi-Pro is the directorial debut of executive producer Kent Alterman and he exhibits a talent for pacing and gag placement. The production looks a little muddy, but that's in keeping with its low rent 70's feel."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford B "This is an ensemble piece with some truly amusing subplots, homages and running gags that made me laugh - out loud even."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "[S]wing[s] with thoughtless abandon from one posture to another. Bam! Here's a vomit joke! Bam! Here's a tenderly romantic moment!"   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 0.5/5 "Semi-Pro is a bad film, even by traditional Will Ferrell standards. The jokes constantly misfire, last too long, or try too hard to disgust."   Bronsonfive   Michael Ferraro 2.5/4 "I don't think Semi-Pro is a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination. It just doesn't rank as one of Will Ferrell's best."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C- ""Semi-Pro" is not even semi-funny."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 1.5/4 "Perhaps the feeblest entry in the Will Ferrell Sports Comedy canon."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 2/5 "If all this sounds similar to another sports underdog movie about a certain endangered hockey franchise, rest assured that Slap Shot's legacy is safe."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 2.5/5 "It's certainly funny enough for a late-night out, but it's just not nearly as good as die-hard Ferrell fans will think it is."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 3.5/5 "Ferrell is still able to wring some real chuckles out of a very familiar blueprint. I guess the guy's just that funny."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg 2/5 "it's time Ferrell gives these sports comedies a little time on the bench before his big-screen career fouls out."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell "There isn't enough going on in Semi-Pro, comically or otherwise, to sustain the movie even through its first half-hour. This may be one of the most sluggish sports comedies ever made -- even the supposedly rousing final sequence feels belabored."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 4/10 "Very probably the worst of Ferrell's starring vehicles."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 22% Rotten Page   1