Semi-Tough 1977

Vincent Canby, New York Times: Semi-Tough pokes fun in rambling fashion, but it is vulgar in intelligent ways and almost always amusing in its perceptions of befuddled people who are perfectly healthy but often convinced they're not. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: A delightful, gentle satire on the American ideal of winning, which also takes broad but often hilarious swipes at fashionable health fads. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: 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. Read more