Semi-Tough

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Semi-Tough

R,

1977,

1h 48m,

Comedy

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Billy Clyde Puckett (Burt Reynolds) and Marvin "Shake" Tiller (Kris Kristofferson) are professional football players who share a lush Miami apartment with Barbara Jane Bookman (Jill Clayburgh), the pretty young daughter of their team's owner (Robert Preston). When Barbara develops feelings for Shake and the two begin a relationship, he insists that she join him at B.E.A.T., a New Age training program run by the shady Friedrich Bismarck (Bert Convy).

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Gary Arnold

Washington Post

Aug 22, 2016

Well supplied with both raunchy humor and star appeal, particularly in the person of Burt Reynolds, the film seems certain to become a crowd-pleaser.

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Richard Schickel

TIME Magazine

Aug 22, 2016

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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Variety Staff

Variety

Jan 25, 2008

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.

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Sean Burns

Crooked Marquee

May 20, 2022

Fans of the book found the adaptation treasonous, but others were beguiled by the offbeat rhythms and an airy, almost European approach to such a distinctly American game.

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David Dugas

United Press International

Aug 5, 2021

Reynolds, Kristofferson and Clayburgh all perform to standard but somehow never quite connect.

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Kathey Clarey

Fresno Bee

Aug 5, 2021

Semi-Tough has a lot of bite beneath its funny raunchy surface.

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Michael Ritchie

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Burt Reynolds

Billy Clyde Puckett

Kris Kristofferson

Marvin `Shake' Tiller

Jill Clayburgh

Barbara Jane Bookman

Robert Preston

Big Ed Bookman

Bert Convy

Friedrich Bismark

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Synopsis

Billy Clyde Puckett (Burt Reynolds) and Marvin "Shake" Tiller (Kris Kristofferson) are professional football players who share a lush Miami apartment with Barbara Jane Bookman (Jill Clayburgh), the pretty young daughter of their team's owner (Robert Preston). When Barbara develops feelings for Shake and the two begin a relationship, he insists that she join him at B.E.A.T., a New Age training program run by the shady Friedrich Bismarck (Bert Convy).

Director: Michael Ritchie
Producer: David Merrick
Screenwriter: Walter Bernstein
Production Co: Charley Associates
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 48m

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