Metacritic Movie Ratings
Semi-Pro Reviews

3.0

47

out of 100

Metascore®
Mixed or average reviews
Based on a weighted average of all critic review scores.

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

  • 70

    out of 100

    The New York Times

    Semi-Pro finds the sweet spot between sports melodrama and parody, and hammers it for 90 diverting minutes.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    VarietyJoe Leydon

    Very much in the tradition of "Slap Shot," George Roy Hill's raucously funny and foul-mouthed 1977 laffer about the misadventures of a minor-league hockey team, Semi-Pro scores big laughs with the rowdy play-by-play of hard-luck hoopsters struggling for professional survival.

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  • 63

    out of 100

    USA TodayClaudia Puig

    Definitely more than semi-funny.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust

    Harrelson and Maura Tierney, who plays Monix's love interest, seem to be inhabiting a different, more interesting, movie, one that follows the familiar path of a has-been athlete seeking redemption at what looks like his last stop. The strange thing is that the subplot is so tangential to the rest of the movie that the scenes could be omitted with no one the wiser.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

    The comedy is sloppy, crude and contains far too many misfires, but the film does capture the old ABA spirit in its ungainly struggles to wrestle laughs from seriously mediocre material.

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  • 42

    out of 100

    Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

    The big goofball relies too much on the funny hair and swingin' postures of the era as punchlines in themselves.

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