The Comebacks (2007)

Review Summary

The slapdash, ultimately tedious comedy “The Comebacks” — in which a loser coach named Lambeau Fields (David Koechner) leads a misfit team to victory — is one of those parody movies that presume that merely making reference to another film constitutes a joke. Shout-outs to “The Longest Yard,” “Miracle,” “Rocky,” “Rudy,” “Friday Night Lights” and many other movies are strewn throughout its running time like used DVDs crammed into a Blockbuster bin. There’s even a mentally challenged team mascot modeled on the title character from “Radio,” inevitably named iPod (Jermaine Williams). The movie’s low aspirations are depressing because its best gags are agreeably demented.
- Matt Zoller Seitz, The New York Times

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