Articles tagged with: Semi Pro
Man-child Will Ferrell playing an unconventional sportsman and lame lothario may not sound like the most original movie description, but it’s a case of 'if it ain’t broke don’t fix it,' with new movie Semi-Pro.
He attempts to bludgeon the audience into laughter by sheer force of personality. Petulant rants, violent tantrums and hysterical outbursts are what he’s good at and they are here in good measure. Ferrell fans will be delighted, but we can’t help feel we’ve seen this character before.
By now you all probably know about new Will Ferrell movie Semi-Pro thanks to all the talk show appearances, semi-ironic product advertising and constant TV trailers.
Thing is, though, it seems you know so much about Semi-Pro from all of this that none of you bothered to actually go and see the thing.
Although Semi-Pro is the US weekend box office number one, it only managed to scrape together a meagre $15,200,000 - roughly a tenth that Spider-Man 3 made in the same amount of time. Does Semi-Pro's relative failure mean that the public is getting sick of Will Ferrell sports comedies? Well, yes. Plainly it does. Can't you people read?
