"Semi-Tough" is an odd film, as it seems to have less plot than most movies. Instead, it's like taking a slice of a couple football players, warts and all, showing what happens to them during the course of a single season. However, unlike a tell-all sports story like "Ball Four", this one is complete fiction.
Billy Clyde and Shake (Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson) both play football for Miami's pro team*. Their team is doing quite well and they might end up in the Super Bowl...though the film focuses much more on their lives off the field than on. The main emphasis is on the strange threesome.... Billy Clyde, Shake and the owner's daughter, Barbara Jane (Jill Clayburg). While they live together, Billy Clyde and Barbara Jane are friends...no benefits. And, Shake and Barbara Jane are going to get married. There also is a subplot involving a self-help guru and his teachings which were like EST, Scientology, and Primal Scream. But apart from these , the film shows a variety of antics...most of which involve Billy Clyde bedding various women...or trying.
There just isn't a lot more plot to this one. It's more like getting a peek into the lives of a couple playboys and their various antics. But because there isn't a lot of plot, the film seems very inconsequential and is easy to like or just skip. Undemanding and not bad...just not especially memorable.
Billy Clyde and Shake (Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson) both play football for Miami's pro team*. Their team is doing quite well and they might end up in the Super Bowl...though the film focuses much more on their lives off the field than on. The main emphasis is on the strange threesome.... Billy Clyde, Shake and the owner's daughter, Barbara Jane (Jill Clayburg). While they live together, Billy Clyde and Barbara Jane are friends...no benefits. And, Shake and Barbara Jane are going to get married. There also is a subplot involving a self-help guru and his teachings which were like EST, Scientology, and Primal Scream. But apart from these , the film shows a variety of antics...most of which involve Billy Clyde bedding various women...or trying.
There just isn't a lot more plot to this one. It's more like getting a peek into the lives of a couple playboys and their various antics. But because there isn't a lot of plot, the film seems very inconsequential and is easy to like or just skip. Undemanding and not bad...just not especially memorable.