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Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Preston, Bert Convy ... see more see more... , Roger E. Mosley , Lotte Lenya , Richard Masur , Carl Weathers , Brian Dennehy , Mary Jo Catlett , Norman Alden , Jim Beaver , Janet Brandt , Peter Bromilow , Paul Hornung , Joe Kapp , John Matuszak , Lindsay Nelson , Dick Schaap , Fred Stuthman , Jerry Belson , Ron Silver , Jenifer Shaw , Jim McKrell

Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson star as two pro-football pals who both fall for the team-owner's very rich daughter. Kind of goofy, kind of funny, and somewhat endearing--those are the qualities ... read more read more...that surface in this light-hearted comedy built upon an extremely predictable scenario. ~ Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Directed by: Michael Ritchie

Release Date: November 18, 1977

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DVD Release Date: May 8, 2001

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  • burgerstar
    June 10, 2011
    burgerstar
    This film pokes fun at the self-help, empowerment movements of the 1970's more than anything else. I never saw what the big deal with Jill Clayburgh was. This film rates somewhere above Gator but below The Longest Yard.
  • donaldwhite1
    July 17, 2011
    donaldwhite1
    This movie came out in 1977 and basically makes fun of all the fads going on in the late 1970's. The football story is just a background story used to bring in the different fads. Unfortunately if you didn't live through that era you probably won't get the jokes. There was a l... read moreot of crazy stuff going on in the 1970's. Lot of ugly clothes too. This movie just touches the highlights but it does capture the mood and feeling of those years. I went and saw this movie in the theater in Stillwater Oklahoma when I was in college. I thought it was really funny then. I got it on Laserdisc when it came out on Laserdisc. Bert Reynolds just plays himself but is funny. Better than the other movies he made back then.

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Variety Staff
January 25, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety

Semi-Tough begins as a bawdy and lively romantic comedy about slap happy pro football players, then slows down to a too-inside putdown of contemporary self-help programs. Full Review

Vincent Canby
January 25, 2008
Vincent Canby, New York Times

Semi-Tough pokes fun in rambling fashion, but it is vulgar in intelligent ways and almost always amusing in its perceptions of befuddled people who are perfectly healthy but often convinced they're not. Full Review

Geoff Andrew
January 25, 2008
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

A delightful, gentle satire on the American ideal of winning, which also takes broad but often hilarious swipes at fashionable health fads. Full Review

January 25, 2008
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Set against the backdrop of professional football, Semi-Tough is both a three-cornered romantic comedy and a scathing satire of self-help movements. Full Review

January 25, 2008
Film4

Burt Reynolds does what he's best at in a lightweight rom-com with some good one-liners, but it's the parodies of the self-improvement culture that really make the film watchable. Full Review

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