The Comebacks
Fox Atomic | Release Date: October 19, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
8
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63
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
As dumb spoofs go, The Comebacks isn't bad. It takes almost every sports movie of the last five years ("Field of Dreams," too) and blends them into a single slapdash comedy. Read full review
50
Film ThreatStina Chyn
It’s mostly eighty-four minutes of puns, double entendres, and Freudian slips. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Adhering to few solid comedic principles, The Comebacks swings wildly between lame movie references and slapstick, slightly less lame funny names (such as Aseel Tare, the running back who couldn't possibly be injured) and Airplane!-style spoof, and a few mildly amusing stabs at irony. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
You'll be goaded throughout The Comebacks to think of "Bend It Like Beckham," "Remember the Titans," "Rudy," "Hoosiers," "Field of Dreams" and their ilk. What you also think about is how much this stuff worked better in "Airplane!" or "Blazing Saddles." Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Koechner tries hard, but ultimately scores few laughs except for when, like Ferrell, he bares his comically less than toned, fleshy body. Read full review
30
VarietyJoe Leydon
An exceptionally lame genre parody that plumbs depths of ineptitude heretofore charted only by the marginally less abysmal "Date Movie."
30
L.A. WeeklyLuke Y. Thompson
Isn’t as obnoxiously awful as, say, "Epic Movie"; it’s simply not funny in the least. Read full review
30
The New York TimesMatt Zoller Seitz
The movie’s low aspirations are depressing because its best gags are agreeably demented. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Someone should tell these guys you can't score a touchdown throwing lateral passes. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
We're treated to endless scenes of women getting slammed, thrown and clothes lined, while men's genitals are grabbed, groped, stroked and tasered. It's all just as painful as it sounds. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleJosh Rosenblatt
It’s too bad the filmmakers didn’t have a longer view of film history, though; maybe their jokes would have been more interesting if they’d been aimed at, say, "Somebody Up There Likes Me" or "The Pride of the Yankees." Read full review
12
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie Punter
At the end of The Comebacks, Coach is offered job with a college basketball team called The Sequels - a joke perhaps, but all too horrifying a prospect after watching this dull fumble. Read full review
0
Entertainment WeeklyGregory Kirschling
Probably the worst movie that's sludged across my professional eyeballs -- worse than "Daddy Day Camp," "Baby Geniuses 2," and "BloodRayne." Read full review
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