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The Comebacks (2007)

PG-13   |    |  Comedy, Sport

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A comedy that spoofs inspirational sports movies, this movie is about an out-of-luck coach who drives a rag-tag bunch of college misfits towards the football championship.

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26 October 2007 | chrichtonsworld
4
| Not a complete disaster! Can be enjoyable if you are in the right mood!
It was only a matter of time that a spoof would be made of sports movies! And there are plenty of movies to be spotted which are made fun off. But the biggest problem I had was the fact that it stays with recognizing movies. The director and writers of "The Comebacks" somehow forget to get creative. While I must admit that I laughed at certain scenes,"The Comebacks" could have been so much funnier. The actors forget to deliver their lines seriously and have a straight face throughout the movie. A spoof demands this and that is the main reason why silly jokes work in movies like this. Because of the failure of the cast to do so the jokes never hit their mark. Some scenes take forever and normally in spoofs that doesn't have to be a problem. Take "Naked Gun" for instance. Their is always something happening on screen. In "The Comebacks" they didn't even bother to let stuff happening in the background. Only a couple of factors make this movie worth watching! It still is fun to spot the movies that are made fun off. And Jermaine Williams as Ipod. His parody on Cuba Gooding Jr. as Radio was hilarious! He seemed to be the only one in the cast to get the idea of what a spoof is about. Not entirely bad!

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Trivia

Melora Hardin, Eric Christian Olsen, and Matthew Lawrence appeared in The Hot Chick (2002).

Quotes

Lambeau "Coach" Fields: Yeah, this is great. Middle of Podunk, nowhere. How am I gonna find an All-American quarterback?
God: If you build it, he will come. If you build it, he will come...
Lambeau "Coach" Fields: Who will come?
God: Your father. Your dead father.
Lambeau "Coach" Fields: My father's not dead. I just spoke with him ...

Goofs

When Coach Fields is "Yankin' off horses," his hands are under the horse. Then it cuts to Freddie, and Coach Field's hands are on his lap with no time for him to achieve this

Alternate Versions

Unrated Version On home video there is a much longer version that has several new scenes, reedited scenes and different angles.

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K's #1
Written by Kwamé (as Kwamé B. Holland)
Performed by Kwamé (as Kwamé)
Courtesy of Make Noise! Inc.

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Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy | Sport

Details

Release Date:

19 October 2007

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

California State University - 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,554,594 21 October 2007

Gross USA:

$13,349,927

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,539,154

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