The Comebacks (2007)
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9% of critics liked it
(33 reviews) -
37% of users liked it
(119,985 ratings)
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 Lambeau Fields, a football coach who suffers from a streak of bad luck that has become the stuff of… More 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 Lambeau Fields, a football coach who suffers from a streak of bad luck that has become the stuff of legend. As a last resort, he takes a job coaching a college football team populated with some of the least desirable players imaginable. He must pull this ragtag crew together in order to salvage his career. Carl Weathers plays rival coach Freddie Wiseman. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Directed By
- Tom Brady
- Written By
- Ed Yeager, Joey Gutierrez
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Oct 19, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- Fox Atomic
Critic Reviews
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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Someone should tell these guys you can't score a touchdown throwing lateral passes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
The dialogue in The Comebacks is bereft of lines that trigger even a snicker.
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Cast
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David Koechner
as Coach Lambeau Fields
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Carl Weathers
as Freddie Wiseman
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Melora Hardin
as Barb Fields
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Matthew Lawrence
as Lance Truman
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Brooke Nevin
as Michelle Fields
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Nick Searcy
as Mr. Truman
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George Back
as Buddy Boy
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Noureen DeWulf
as Jizminder
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Jesse Garcia
as Jorge
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Jackie Long
as Trotter
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Robert Ri'chard
as Aseel Tare
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Martin Spanjers
as Randy
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Jermaine Williams
as I-Pod
- Dennis Rodman
- Finesse Mitchell
- Andy Dick







