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      • Semi-Tough may or may not turn out to be the year's best comedy -- there's Annie Hall to remember and Mel Brooks yet to be heard from -- but it is without a doubt the year's most socially useful film.
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  2. Aug 22, 2016 Full Review Richard Schickel TIME Magazine Semi-Tough may or may not turn out to be the year's best comedy -- there's Annie Hall to remember and Mel Brooks yet to be heard...

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Semi-ToughSemi-Tough - Wikipedia

    TIME called the film one of 1977's best comedies, and also noted that it was: "without a doubt the year's most socially useful film". [10] The film did not receive a positive review in Variety , where the reviewer commented: " Semi-Tough begins as a bawdy and lively romantic comedy about slap-happy pro football players, then slows down to a too ...

  4. IMDb RATING. 5.9 /10. 3.5K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 2:13. 1 Video. 39 Photos. Comedy Romance Sport. A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved. Director. Michael Ritchie. Writers. Dan Jenkins. Walter Bernstein.

    • Michael Ritchie
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  5. www.metacritic.com › movie › semi-toughSemi-Tough - Metacritic

    Semi-Tough may or may not turn out to be the year's best comedythere's Annie Hall to remember and Mel Brooks yet to be heard from—but it is without a doubt the year's most socially useful film.

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    • Michael Ritchie
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  6. For all the talent involved, however, "Semi-Tough" never amounts to much and seems rather dated today. The concept of a menage-a-trois was already old hat in 1977 and at times the movie begins to resemble "Paint Your Wagon" with some shoulder pads tossed in. Director Ritchie and screenwriter Bernstein almost salvage the proceedings with a sub-plot that satirizes the craze for wacky self-help ...

  7. A comedy about two football players and their mutual girlfriend. Includes many spoofs and parodies about various self-help groups and personal self-improvement seminars that were wildly popular during the 1970's.

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