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.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.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.
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNot screened for critics.
- GoofsBill Buckner was looking left toward the dugout, since the game was in New York he would be looking into the New York Mets dugout not the Boston Red Sox.
- Quotes
Vince: Hey coach. Name is Vince. I'm just a bartender from Philly whose only dream is to play ball. It's all I got left after I lost my job teaching, and my wife left me. Like my alcoholic father used to say before he passed on, "A man can only take so much failure!" I'll give you everything I got. What do you say coach?
Lambeau "Coach" Fields: I say you can add "Did not make the football team" to your list of woes.
- Alternate versionsUnrated Version On home video there is a much longer version that has several new scenes, reedited scenes and different angles.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Hit by a Bus Scenes in Movies (2016)
"The Comebacks" tells how an unconventional coach trains and inspires a team of misfits to victory. The individual characters are funny at times, and there are quite a few one liners that made me laugh. However, there is not enough to carry to whole film, maybe it's because I do not watch that many sports films and can't spot the references.
I got rather annoyed by the never ending product placement. There are constant ads for a certain fizzy drink, and there is even a character named iPod?! Dancing the iPod shuffle? And the players have to think outside the XBox? That just became so ridiculous.
"The Comebacks" is silly and ridiculous, but that's what spoof movies are about. At least it is what it says on the tin.
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- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Sports Movie
- Filming locations
- California State University - 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, California, USA(football game at end of movie)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,349,927
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,554,594
- Oct 21, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $13,539,154
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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