The Comebacks

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The Comebacks

PG-13,

2007,

1h 28m,

Comedy

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Lambeau Fields, the worst coach in the history of college football, gets a final chance to redeem himself at Heartland State University. Scouring the campus for talent, Fields winds up with a ragtag team of misfits who must be whipped into shape both on and off the field. Unbelievably, his unorthodox training methods work, and the teammates find themselves in the playoffs against the Lone Star State Unbeatables.

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Full of groin-centric humor and tired sports clichés, The Comebacks is poor even by parody movie standards.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Dec 3, 2007

Someone should tell these guys you can't score a touchdown throwing lateral passes.

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Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Chronicle

Oct 26, 2007

1/5

The fact that The Comebacks makes fun of another sports parody, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, doesn't make it a good movie, but it does say something about the pilfering, postmodern, post-ironic age of cinema we live in.

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Gregory Kirschling

Entertainment Weekly

Oct 24, 2007

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The Comebacks is probably the worst movie that's sludged across my professional eyeballs -- worse than Daddy Day Camp, Baby Geniuses 2, and BloodRayne.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Jun 18, 2008

1/4

...has been infused with an increasingly desperate sensibility that's reflected in the film's almost total lack of genuine laughs...

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Blake French

Filmcritic.com

Feb 16, 2008

4/5

for those who would rather step on a tack than sit through another Miracle, this film is a long overdue revival to the spoof genre.

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Scott Nash

Three Movie Buffs

Nov 3, 2007

1.5/4

Saying the makers of this film did a half ass job is giving them half of an ass more credit than they deserve.

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Han P

Oct 11, 2017

One of the worst parody flicks ever. A huge lack of laughs as they try way too hard and fall way short with each.

Luke R

Mar 30, 2012

It has some good jokes in it. The cameos at the beginning are pretty funny. All in all, though, it misses at least as many times as it hits. (Why would you spoof 'Dodgeball'?! It's already a spoof!)

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Synopsis

Lambeau Fields, the worst coach in the history of college football, gets a final chance to redeem himself at Heartland State University. Scouring the campus for talent, Fields winds up with a ragtag team of misfits who must be whipped into shape both on and off the field. Unbelievably, his unorthodox training methods work, and the teammates find themselves in the playoffs against the Lone Star State Unbeatables.

Director: Tom Brady
Producer: Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy, Andrew Panay
Screenwriter: Ed Yeager, Joey Gutierrez
Distributor: Fox
Production Co: Tapestry Films, Fox Atomic
Rating: PG-13 (Some Drug Material|Crude and Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 19, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 18, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.3M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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