The Comebacks
The Comebacks

The Comebacks

2007Movie107 minEnglish

Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends, and finding that there is indeed, no "I" in "team"!

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IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes3%
Metacritic14/100
Google Users45%
Director: Tom BradyGenres: Comedy, Sport

Plot Summary

A hapless football coach, desperate to turn his losing team around, seeks advice from a legendary coach who achieved the 'greatest comeback' in sports history. However, the legendary coach's advice leads to increasingly absurd and embarrassing situations for the new coach and his team. Along the way, he also navigates romantic entanglements and tries to find his own path to success.

Critical Reception

The film was widely panned by critics and largely ignored by audiences, becoming known for its low-brow humor and uninspired spoofing of sports movie tropes. It is generally considered one of the weakest comedies of its year.

What Reviewers Say

  • Relies heavily on crude jokes and predictable gags.
  • Fails to deliver laughs or coherent storytelling.
  • A humorless and forgettable parody.

Google audience: Audience reviews indicate a mixed to negative reception. While some found the humor silly and occasionally amusing, many felt the film was juvenile, unfunny, and relied too much on gross-out jokes. The plot was often criticized for being nonsensical.

Fun Fact

The film features numerous cameos and references to famous sports movies and athletes, including parodies of characters from films like 'Jerry Maguire', 'Remember the Titans', and 'Any Given Sunday'.

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Arthur Napier

Arthur Napier

**Worthy:**Unlike the anal retentive clown shoe that reviewed this in February most likely from his moms basement, this movie is worthy of a view. If you like Naked Gun, Scary Movie, Not Another Teenage Movie, or any other kind of spoof the...
Kamurai

Kamurai

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. S...