The Comebacks

The Comebacks (2007)

  • 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

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Ed Yeager, Joey Gutierrez
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 19, 2007 Wide
Fox Atomic

Critic Reviews

  • J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail

    The dialogue in The Comebacks is bereft of lines that trigger even a snicker.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    Decent and enjoyable spoof film; this is one of the better spoof films to come out recently. The film parodies several sports films, and does it well enough to keep you interested from start to finish. I enjoyed the film for what it was, and thought it was a decent comedy that had… More

  • KJ P


    It 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!

  • Phil H


    Another 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… More

  • Jose Z


    The 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… More

  • Bobby H


    This 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.… More

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