David Koechner,
Carl Weathers,
Melora Hardin,
Matthew Lawrence,
Brooke Nevin
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The producers of Wedding Crashers are back with the comedy The Comebacks. Spoofing countless inspirational sports movies, the film stars David Koechner (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) as Lambe... read more
Directed by: Tom Brady
Release Date: October 19, 2007
Keywords:
epic,
funny,
sports,
comedy,
scary,
date,
spoof,
sports movies,
scary movie,
spoof movies,
david koechner,
Scary Movie ,
David Koechner ,
Date Movie ,
Matthew Lawrence
DVD Release Date: January 29, 2008
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January 11, 2010fb733768972It is probably one of the funniest spoof movies out there, but when it comes down to it, it's still the same thing over and over again!
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July 18, 2009Another crap spoof, and another crap football flick. This is just as bad as delta farce, alittle better but not much. It looks pretty naff and the comedy is nowhere to be found. The cast is D-list and there really isn't anything to recommend here haha maybe if you like American f... read more
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January 8, 2009The comebacks unlike other spoof movies is a film that really worked for me maybe because it parodied some of my favorite sports movies like Radio and because I'm a sports fan. It seems to me that the people in charge of the movie did a really good effort adding things that likes... read more
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December 14, 2008This movie was not half bad. There were some decent named actors that made it more bearable to watch, some hot girls, and some pretty funny parts.
The direct spoof's of each sports film actually were all pretty funny scenes, it's the rest of the movie that lacks creativity. The ... read more -
August 18, 2008Little yawn! Quite very little funny spoofs of all inspirational sports movies, but this is full of college football. Too bad, it has none of any nudity scenes in this rated MA comedy film.
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December 24, 2007Just a funny movie to watch when your bored and hanging out with your friends, that's exactly what kinda movie this is. From the producers of Wedding Crashers, THE COMEBACKS is a hilarious comedy that spoofs the best inspirational sports movies ever made. The film stars David Ko... read more
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November 6, 2007okay, so it's a pathetic comedy w/o a brain to call it's own, all of it's main ideas simply smirking at ideas from only about a million other movies, but mainly recent "come-from-behind-loser-makes-good" "classics". "remember the titans"? that said, and you know it going in the d... read more
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October 28, 2007This is actually pretty funny... much better than the crappy Scary movies and other disgusting spoofs... some real slap stick humor and good lines and moments which make this pretty entertaining, though wackier than Willy Wonka.
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August 15, 2011Awful in every way possible, so I'll give it a negative rating, but, despite that, I'll admit that it does have some pretty funny moments.
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September 21, 2009"The Comebacks" is a stupid yet entertaining comedy that spoofs modern sports movies. There were some funny and clever jokes but it was usually crude humor, using a sexual reference for almost everything and anything. Not bad...I've seen worse!
Entertaining rendition of the s... read more
Critic Reviews
December 3, 2007
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
October 24, 2007
Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly
The Comebacks is probably the worst movie that's sludged across my professional eyeballs -- worse than Daddy Day Camp, Baby Geniuses 2, and BloodRayne. Full Review
October 22, 2007
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
There is no I in "team," but there are three in "idiotic." And idiotic more or less describes the appeal of The Comebacks, a so-stupid-it's-funny spoof of inspirational sports dramas. Full Review
October 22, 2007
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
Sports fans (including those with old head injuries) are likely to cheer. The rest of us may just go for the long pass. Full Review
October 22, 2007
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
The dialogue in The Comebacks is bereft of lines that trigger even a snicker. Full Review
October 20, 2007
Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times
One of those parody movies that presume that merely making reference to another film constitutes a joke.
October 20, 2007
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
As dumb spoofs go, The Comebacks isn't bad. It takes almost every sports movie of the last five years (Field of Dreams, too) and blends them into a single slapdash comedy. Full Review
October 19, 2007
Joe Leydon, Variety
An exceptionally lame genre parody that plumbs depths of ineptitude heretofore charted only by the marginally less abysmal Date Movie. Full Review
October 19, 2007
Gene Seymour, Newsday
Keep your head down, your expectations low and, maybe, good things will happen. We repeat: Maybe. Full Review
October 19, 2007
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Each scene exists solely to check a sports-movie cliche off the list; nothing builds. Full Review
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