Adam Sandler, Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock

Pro quarterback Paul Crewe and former college champion and coach, Nate Scarborough are both doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists ...( read more  read more... )the help of Scarborough to coach the inmates to victory in a football game "fixed" to turn out quite the other way.

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162 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 49 min.

Directed by: Peter Segal

Release Date: May 27, 2005

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DVD Release Date: August 3, 2004

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  • October 31, 2007
    As a remake, it's has a couple of faults. As a stand-alone comedy, it's funny & delivers stand-up-and-cheer football action.
  • July 21, 2009
    simple, fun
  • July 18, 2009
    A reasonable Sandler comedy based on an older film which is much much better of course haha This is cliched to the hilt and full of the usual toilet gags, gay gags and prison gags which have filled films like this for years, its quite funny in places yes but very average in most....( read more) I like Sandler as a person and the way he shows himself as the everyman in his films, thats why his movies are usually atouch better than others. He's a likeable guy.
  • March 25, 2009
    decent movie, entertaining
  • December 29, 2008
    ehh
  • November 20, 2009
    Not as good as orginal but a decent remake.
  • November 20, 2009
    im simply not intrested!!! xxx
  • November 20, 2009
    another all time good movie
  • November 20, 2009
    I love sports movies ;)
  • November 20, 2009
    i love foot ball so of course im going to love this movie

Critic Reviews


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
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

It's indifferent, charisma-free filmmaking. 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
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

A serviceable bone-cruncher of a sports comedy, just tough enough and funny enough to reach the end zone. full review

May 27, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The Longest Yard more or less achieves what most of the people attending it will expect. full review

May 27, 2005
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The characters sound like they were dreamed up during the drive to the set. full review

May 26, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

The film primarily replaces its predecessor's gritty swagger with WWE and MTV-esque posturing. full review

May 26, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

A mean, lean laugh machine. full review

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