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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Critics Consensus

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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Ed R

@JustcallmeER Aug 16, 2026

A hilarious parody of sports films during the era of so many sports films!

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The Doc Rivers Story.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Apr 17, 2025

Filme ruim, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, o elenco é fraco a, mas ninguém ajudou a melhorar o filme, a história é fraca, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e mais relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Dec 12, 2022

Really funny moments but mostly terrible and bad acting

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Apr 10, 2022

Ages 13+ only, but funnier and more original (unrated)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Feb 9, 2021

Horrible watch, won't watch again, and do warn against watching. As the best example of signs a movie is bad, I'll mention some of my favorite things: I'm happy to see the beautiful Noureen DeWulf, but still mad she wasn't Jasmine. Stacy Keibler makes a surprise appearance. Melora Hardin look great in this. Wishing Brooke Nevin was Ashley Benson made me think of better movies. Honestly, Frank Caliendo was the funniest part of the movie, just by doing John Madden impersonations. David Koechner and Carl Weathers added nothing to the movie, Shannon Woodward's confused lesbian scene was honestly funnier than the rest of their performances put together. MAYBE if you just LOVE parodies, AND MAYBE if you just love football, then this might be bearable to watch. It just goes too far out of its way to try to make jokes that don't land.

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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.

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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