Semi-Tough (ej svensk text) (Blu-ray)

Billy Clyde Puckett and Shake Tiller are two professional football players on an NFL team. They are best friends and not only share the field, but also their lives - including their friendship with the team's daughter Barbara Jane Bookman. When Shake and Barbara Jane get engaged, a humorously chaotic love triangle begins, fueled by absurd self-discovery seminars, esoteric gurus and the American lifestyle of the 1970s. As the big football final approaches, the three have to find out what is really important to them in life. "Semi-Tough" is a charmingly absurd satire on professional sport that skillfully takes aim at the delusions of success and self-discovery fashions of the 1970s. With casual humor, biting sideswipes at esotericism and masculinity clichés and a well-performing Burt Reynolds, the film offers the best entertainment with a flair typical of the time. Michael Ritchie succeeds in creating a smart mixture of sports comedy, social parody and love confusion - light-footed, ironic and surprisingly timeless.