Semi-Tough

 Semi-Tough is a 1977 sports-comedy staring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, and Jill Clayburgh.

The film is about Billy Clyde Puckett (played by Burt Reynolds) and Marvin 'Shake' Tiller (played by Kris Kristofferson) who are old friends and teammates that play football for Miami. The two are also friends with the team owner's daughter Barbara Jane (played by Jill Clayburgh), and a bit of a love triangle forms. Barbara becomes involved with Marvin and he soon proposes. However, there is one small problem, he has just taken a sort of new age, self-improvement course called B.E.A.T and he leader of B.E.A.T. Friedrich Bismark (played by Burt Convy) warns that marriages don't last between people who "get it" and people who don't.

 Well, Barbara Jane is determined to make it work, so she attends one of the seminars hoping to "get it" and Billy Clyde, who also has feelings for Barbara Jane, enrolls in B.E.A.T. in order to understand what she is going through.After the training session, Barbara Jane feels guilty that she didn't get anything out of the course, and for awhile Billy Clyde pretends that Bismark's way of thinking really had an impact on him. There's also a cameo by Carl Weathers in there, and that's always a plus. In the end, Marvin can't marry someone who just doesn't "get it" and, Barbara Jane and Billy Clyde reveal their feelings one another and head off together.

Overall, I thought it was a good movie and I got quite a few laughs out of it. It's not Burt Reynolds' best movie but, it's definitely enjoyable.

I give it a 3.5 out of 5.

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