Semi-Pro

– Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the Amer..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 31 Minutes
Release Year:
2008
Semi-Pro (2008)

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.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:
Genre:

Semi-Pro (2008) - Trailer

Release Date:

29 Feb 2008

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Kent Alterman

Writer:

Scot Armstrong

Main Actors:

Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André Benjamin, Maura Tierney

Plot:

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?

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations.

Gross profit:

$33,370,443

Production:

New Line Cinema

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
23%
Metacritic:
47%