This movie made me laugh from my chest pubes all the way down to my balls fro. Will Ferrell took a break from a long string of sports movies and is laugh-out-loud funny once again. Don’t expect anything highbrow from this film though, it’s laced with penis jokes and profanity—often paired together.
The story centers around Brennan Huff, played by Ferrell, and Dale Doback, played by John C. Reilly, and their journey from live-at-home 40 year olds to “responsible” adults.
Brennan and Dale are forced together as step brothers after their parent’s marriage, and the first half of the film follows their journey from mortal enemies to best friends, unfortunately that journey also results in their newly married parents getting divorced. The second half of the film is all about Brennan and Dale’s mission to get them back together. Read More »
Throw comedy everyman Will Ferrell into a zany project that deals with the rise and fall of a lovable idiot and the outcome will be golden - that seems to be the thought process behind Semi-Pro, Ferrell’s first official bomb (even if it does well in theaters, which it will).
In Semi-Pro Will plays Jackie Moon, a loud-mouthed Lothario who owns, coaches and plays for the Flint Tropics, an absolutely terrible ABA basketball team on the verge of losing what little audience and respect they have. Luckily for Moon, the NBA wants to absorb a few teams from the ABA, giving his squad a chance to hit the big time. Of course, his ego gets in the way, trotting out lavish (on a budget) half time shows where the team dresses up in Seahorse and Flamingo costumes while getting down to “Love Sexy,” Moon’s disco excursion that gave him his one and only hit.
Going to any length to get his team some recognition, Moon makes a questionable trade involving an important team player (no spoilers here!) for Monix (Woody Harrelson), the Washed Up Legend Out to Prove His Worth. Let us not forget to mention Clarence ‘Coffee’ Black (Andre Benjamin) the Competent and Honest Basketball Player Out to Make His Mama Proud. The stereotypes run amok in Semi-Pro, but that’s expected. The problem here is the lack of original comedy. Read More »
Will Ferrell showed off the basketball skills he learned as Jackie Moon on the set of Semi-Pro when he faced basketball legend Bill Walton in a game of H.O.R.S.E.
Ferrell hit 3 shots in a row to jump out to a quick H.O.R. lead. Then he sunk an impossible, behind the glass, Larry Bird inspired shot to go up H.O.R.S.
ESPN never actually shows the outcome of the match but we can assume that with an H.O.R.S. lead a cruising Farrell quickly put the nail in Walton’s coffin.
Will Ferrell is going on a college comedy tour in support of his new movie Semi-Pro, and he’s got a contest for all you college students.
Tell it how it is, Will:
“Funny Or Die is holding a contest for our upcoming Comedy Tour hosted by Will. Whichever college (on the tour) with the highest percentage of students who install our FunnyOrDie facebook application will win this shark as well as some other prizes we’re figuring out.”
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