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The Comebacks
Lambeau Fields, the worst coach in the history of college football, gets a final chance to redeem himself at Heartland State University. He must pull a ragtag crew of the least desirable players imaginable together in order to salvage his career.
28 February 1984, New York City, New York, USA
12 January 1972, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
17 January 1982, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA
18 June 1978, Malta
30 March 1958, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
23 October 1981, Pasadena, California, USA
3 July 1997, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
14 December 1949, Vallejo, California, USA
19 January 1974, Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 October 1959, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
22 December 1982, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
June 18, 2008
...has been infused with an increasingly desperate sensibility that's reflected in the film's almost total lack of genuine laughs...
November 03, 2007
Saying the makers of this film did a half ass job is giving them half of an ass more credit than they deserve.
October 22, 2007
The dialogue in The Comebacks is bereft of lines that trigger even a snicker.
October 26, 2007
[A] pretty much wit-free utterly uninspired takedown of the spunky-underdogs-beat-the-odds genre.
June 03, 2014
it really tries too hard and has too many jokes that just fall flat
November 01, 2007
Throwing one sex joke after another does not a funny movie make.Just look at "The Comebacks," which is supposed to be a spoof of inspirational sports movies but instead is a parade of mostly lame sexual humor.
October 24, 2007
The Comebacks is probably the worst movie that's sludged across my professional eyeballs -- worse than Daddy Day Camp, Baby Geniuses 2, and BloodRayne.
February 16, 2008
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.
October 20, 2007
One of those parody movies that presume that merely making reference to another film constitutes a joke.
October 22, 2007
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.
December 03, 2007
Someone should tell these guys you can't score a touchdown throwing lateral passes.
October 22, 2007
Sports fans (including those with old head injuries) are likely to cheer. The rest of us may just go for the long pass.