One of my favorite comedy’s!
It’s about basketball, my sport, a hilarious overall cast and one of
Will Ferrell’s funniest performances. The
star character Jackie Moon (Will Ferrell) is so ridiculous it’s insane! He is an owner, coach and starting power
forward for the Flint Tropics. He made a
fortune with a super funny song called, “Love Me Sexy”. This movie is not to be taken seriously as
with any comedy. You’ve got to be ready
for some wacky scenes and crude
dialogue, which the film showcases in usually a very timely manner. Also Jackie Moon’s fro is groovy.
The
rundown is Jackie Moon is trying with all he’s got to keep his dream of keeping
his team intact and into the NBA via a merger.
The problem is his terrible garbage record, low attendance and failure
to see a realistic goal. He decides to
shake things up by trading the team’s washing machine for Ed Monix (Woody
Harrelson), a washed up former NBA player.
The race is on as the team tries to organize themselves on the floor but
that’s difficult when Jackie Moon is making his players learn halftime show
performances. They straighten up under
Monix’s tutelage and get back on a winning streak.
The
laughs abound especially if you focus in on what you watch. Corn dog night is hilarious as it’s a rouse
to get fans to the game. “We don’t even
have corn dogs!” Jackie blurts out in a team huddle trying to prevent his own
team from eclipsing 125 so he doesn’t have to give away free corn dogs to the
fans in the stands. The absurdity of
Jackie Moon never quits so you never get left wading through scenes of extreme
disinterest. Wearing eye liner to
attract ratings for the broadcast is such a hair brain idea but results in some
funny images that eventually leads to a mini-brawl. The scene with Dewey the bear is what keeps
this movie at a ridiculous level. Jackie
is convinced he is the best promoter in the business so decides to fight a baby
bear in a cage for his fans. How about
Kyle’s (Rob Corrdry) sick fascination with his girlfriend and Monix? It’s disgusting and gross but it’s oddly
hilarious. Jackie arguing with the refs
is great. I get the feeling his
confronting them to dispute calls was a current mockery to the real NBA players
that already perform such childish behavior, love it! The premise of Jackie’s character is to do
that and it works for me. The scene
where Clarence “Downtown” Withers (Andre Benjamin) enters the game late and
dribbles around with the whole opposing team chasing him is killer! He hits the three then the Tropics celebrate
like crazy while you see the other team score an easy basket in the background. It’s the stuff like that throughout the movie
that’s so funny if you keep a constant eye for it.
Downtown
gets an ego check by Monix to be more than he can be, considering he is the
Tropics best player with NBA aspirations.
It’s a neat side story to see him become as great as he should provided
he’s not wasting his time showboating.
He ends up making it the San Antonio Spurs which is a cool finale for
his character. The $10,000 moon shot is
awesome! Jackie Earl Haley plays Dukes,
a stereotypical hippie who cashes in big with a three quarters court
heave. The further scenes with Jackie
and Dukes are absolutely hilarious as Dukes tries to cash in a novelty check at
a real bank, ha-ha! Jackie says we have
no sponsor I just thought it’d look cool!
It’s amazing comedy writing to see these moments connect the movie. I can’t go without mentioning Will Arnett,
who plays Lou Redwood, and his very funny role as the radio announcer. I’ll share one moment that was really funny in
which he expresses his dream to throw on a uniform and get back out there on
the court. His partner on the radio
broadcast Dick Pepperfield (Andrew Daly) replies well sometimes dreams can turn
into nightmares Lou. Arnett answers back
with a WTF is wrong with you line that is delivered with perfection.
Here
are some phrases I’d like to add for your enjoyment. If you see a possum, kill it, it’s not a
pet. You call me a jive turkey? Suck my cock; I’ll murder your family! Who the fxck is Bambi? Your refund will be escaping this death trap
with your lives! Jackie making fun of
Bakidis is some of the best stuff, as follows.
Learn fxcking English! From a weird
country called Lithuania, he’s ugly as sh!t!
The
alley-oop integration was sensational!
It’s a fantastic basketball move that gets introduced in the movie at
just the right moment. I’m not a huge
Will Ferrell fan but he did incredible this time bringing the laughs. I could share more of the scenes and moments
that made me like this movie so much but perhaps I’ll save that for another
time as I’ve went on and on already.
Rating:
9 of 10
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