<div><p> <em> Semi-Pro </em> (2 1/2 stars)</p><p> <em> Kent Alterman . 90 minutes. Rated R.<em> Will Ferrell , Woody Harrelson , Andre Benjamin .</em> Directed by </em> </p><p> Ferrell is disco one-hit wonder Jackie Moon, who used his music royalties to buy up an ABA basketball team in Flint, Michigan, and install himself as both the coach and the star player. With attendance barely in the double digits and a team full of lovable losers who aren't exactly great basketball players, the Flint Tropics have only one chance to make it into the NBA as it absorbs the struggling ABA. It's your classic sports-underdog formula, and the script never deviates from it. What laughs there are come from the absurdity of certain extended set pieces, no doubt largely improvised by Ferrell and the requisite who's-who of current screen and TV comedy.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=17279096&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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