Product Details

• Actors: Jesse Garcia, Melora Hardin, Matthew Lawrence, Nick Searcy, Carl Weathers
• Format: AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: January 29, 2008
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0010X8NFK
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #58,046 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Comebacks" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

David Koechner (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Bergundy) gives an outsized Farley-esque performance as Lambeau Fields, the worst coach in history, who accepts a position at Heartland State University, home of the hapless football team, the Comebacks, in rural Texas. Will he ignore his wife (Melora Hardin from The Office) in pursuit of victory? Will his rebellious gymnast teenage daughter (Brooke Nevin) choose the team's hotshot me-first player (Jackie Long) or the tutu-wearing quarterback (Matthew Lawrence) whose fumbles are an embarrassment to his father, a Cher impersonator? Will the star player Aceel Tare (Robert Ri'chard) live up to his name (mispronounced by Coach as "ACL Tear")? Will the team make it to the--oy--Toilet Bowl? The Comebacks tackles the inspirational "one last shot" sports movie, but is mostly content to simply quote other sports films and TV shows, including Field of Dreams, Bend It Like Beckham, Stick It, Remember the Titans, Invincible, Miracle, Dodge Ball (itself a sports film spoof), the Friday Night Lights TV series, and Radio (with a mentally challenged character named--wait for it--iPod). Some of The Comebacks is inspired. The Coach, demanding total commitment from his players, insists they flunk their courses and rack up felonies and probations. The fractious team bonds over Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" in a lip-synced, pyrotechnic performance worthy of MTV's Music Video Awards. And Bill Buckner wins the good sports award for a cameo that re-creates his momentous error in the '86 World Series. Despite several fumbles (a 15-yard penalty for the Andy Dick cameo), The Comebacks manages to score enough laughs to cheer Date Movie/Epic Movie fans, although it's not in the same league as Not Another Teen Movie or the Scary Movie films. --Donald Liebenson

Product Description

The producers of Wedding Crashers score huge laughs with the Rated Edition of The Comebacks.

You'll laugh till you punt watching this hilarious spoof comedy that tackles the most memorable scenes from your favorite sports movies. It's the story of Lambeau Fields (David Koechner), an out-of-luck coach trying to lead a ragtag team of fumbling footballers to victory before his long-suffering wife (Melora Hardin) leaves him and his sexy gymnast daughter (Brooke Nevin) gets bent out of shape!

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not as bad as advertised, February 10, 2008

By	r-dawg "ryan" (portland,me) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Comebacks (Unrated Edition) (DVD)

if parodys arent your thing then this movie isnt for you. ive seen scary movie 4 and date movie and this movie to me is better than both of those. its not as funny as scary movie 1 or 2 but it passes the time nicely. and who ever said the plot isnt from any sports movie needs to watch more sports movies before they make comments like that. alot of the movie made fun of varsity blues and a hand full of others. worth a rental but probably not worth buying

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A parody about Football and sports movies., July 15, 2008

By	Micheal Hunt (Hellbourne) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Comebacks (Unrated Edition) (DVD)

I always like a good spoof/parody movie, and tho this one is not a Mel Brooks, Monty Python, Zucker's/Abraham or Wayan's brothers movie, compared to some of the crappy parody movies coming out lately like "Epic Movie" this one is refreshing to see someone else take a puck at a parody type movie.

Unlike Epic Movie, I actually got a few good laughs out of this one.

This one makes fun of Gridiron Gang, Longest Yard errr... other football movies, as well as a few other sports. A few guest appearances by athletes such as Dennis Rodman and that guy from the NIKE adds 10 years ago (I'm Australian, I don't follow NHL)

Also Mad TV's Frank Caliendo appears doing his commentator impressions (such as John Madden)

The end of the movie seemed to be taking it self a bit too seriously, it's about the only thing I did not enjoy during the thing. Sure, it could have been funnier, but compared to some of the recent crap coming out in these parody, slapstick comedies, it's better then those.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst parody movie ever!, February 5, 2008

By	James Morgan (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Comebacks (Unrated Edition) (DVD)

This movie sucks. I do not even consider this movie to be funny. The plot was ridiculously pointless and humorless. There were hardly any sports movie reference. This is just a cheap way of taking in movie. Poor effort on anybody's involvement in making this movie.