Adam Sandler,
Chris Rock,
Burt Reynolds,
Nelly,
James Cromwell
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One of the toughest and best-remembered sports movies of the 1970s gets a humorous makeover in this comedy. Paul "Wrecking" Crewe (Adam Sandler) was once a famous professional football player, but aft... read more
Directed by: Peter Segal, Peter Segal
Release Date: May 27, 2005
Keywords:
prison,
funny,
football,
sports,
serious,
funniest,
comedy,
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old,
british,
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english,
burt reynolds,
adam sandler,
chris rock,
football team,
Burt Reynolds ,
Adam Sandler ,
Chris Rock ,
Mean Machine
DVD Release Date: August 3, 2004
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October 25, 2011fb712836066Doggerel
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October 3, 2011The Longest Yard remake is a yet another prime example of a remake that is terrible. The film is awful. With a bad cast, it's no wonder that this film is bad. James Cromwell and William Fichtner are the only two good actors here, and they are totally wasted on a bad film like thi... read more
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August 1, 2011fb729949618Just a weird movie to me. Almost like the producer just wrote things out on paper as fast as he could and decided to make a movie about the contents of that paper.
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June 23, 2011Again another amazing Adam Sandler film. You wouldn't expect anything less from him.
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May 2, 2011Is this a comedy or drama? One moment its funny, the next its all sad, then were laughing again, then everyones all sad again. It had funny moments, but this film lacks good characters, good story, and doesnt live up to great football movies.
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April 13, 2011I did have this film rated lower, but after another viewing, I'm bumping it up a little. This film is by no means perfect, nor is it the funniest movie ever, but I was completely entertained the entire time. A good comedy film! I recommend it!
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November 14, 2010Here's the thing, I've never seen the original, but it's probably a better film. I have my reasons for why I think that, and it just seems like a reasonable thought anyway. What's weird though, is that this film, based on what I've read, is basically (to use some sports talk) a p... read more
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Critic Reviews
May 31, 2005
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
May 31, 2005
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
People will go see The Longest Yard for all sorts of reasons -- its lively humor, the current of violence that's just under the surface, its message of underdog racial reconciliation, or the fact that... Full Review
May 27, 2005
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
The pleasure is entirely like eating cake made from cake mix. It's not like you don't know how it's going to turn out, or how it tasted the last time you ate it. Full Review
May 27, 2005
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Whether it's the sight of Reynolds squeezed painfully into a football uniform or the endless footballs-to-the-crotch and tired gay jokes, The Longest Yard has the feeling of mutton dressed as lamb. Full Review
May 27, 2005
Mike Clark, USA Today
Though there's no drearier trend in current movies than recycling, this modified Yard is more smoothly crafted than the 1974 slapstick version. Full Review
May 27, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate
What was already a raucous put-on, a goof on Aldrich's brutal action movies, is now a hyperbolic, gross-out cartoon, with a cast of enormous ex-football stars only adding to the air of facetiousness. Full Review
May 27, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
An odd mix of amusing nonsense and nastiness that chugs along, hit and miss, until the last section, which is the best part of the movie and its real reason for being: the game. Full Review
May 27, 2005
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
It's not as good as the 1974 original, or even as good as the 2001 British soccer remake of Yard, Mean Machine. But there are bright spots. Full Review
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