Truly Dreadful Film

Stylish but barely mediocre overall

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Want to see a great football movie… here it is! The Longest Yard directed by Peter Segal. This a fantastic movie that will make you laugh until you cry. It stars Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, and Burt Reynolds, it released into theaters in 2005. The movie was produced by "Happy Madison" film productions. I've noticed that Adam Sandler has been in a lot of movies produced by Happy Madison, and every one I saw was really good. Adam Sandler and Chris Rock make a good on- screen duo, splitting the major character roles in the movie. The movie takes place in a prison camp where Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler), a former NFL quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, is put in prison for a DUI for driving while he was carrying beer and taunting the police. He got put in charge of creating a football team of the inmates in the prison to compete against the guards in a semi-pro football game live on TV. Crewe met up with another inmate named Caretaker (Chris Rock.) Caretaker said he is terrible at football, so he decided to help Crewe help to form his team together. Lastly, he meets this former college and NFL coach named Nate Scarborough (Burt Reynolds.) Scarborough agreed to help Crewe collaborate with the football team to work the inmates into football shape. I really liked this film over all because I love comedy and football all together. It really sticks out in my mind how Paul Crewe formed this football team with the inmates who never played football a day in their lives. It was impressed that he never gave up on them, and they never gave up on him. Likewise, the comedy stood out to me the most. I was surprised how funny the movie was when I first watched it. Almost every seen cracked me up, and I couldn't stop laughing. For example, how one of the character's clothes lined one of players and said, "I think he sh** himself," The rest of the announcers and crowd said it as well, and I was laughing my head off. Lastly, how Turley said after Crewe decided to play the game, "good, now I don't need to stab you." Crewe was shocked and said, "good to know." The characters really seemed realistic, I've noticed that because it didn't look like they took any part of acting out, and they used their own emotions and feelings during the movie. I cared about what happened to the actors. For example, the collaboration of plays between in the game. Also, Crewe's passion for the team to win instead of him throwing the game instead of repeating what he did in the past. This movie was made in 2005, so I expected all the visual effects to be how they should be in the movie. There were no technical aspects in the movie. The soundtracks for this movie fit together so well. I didn't know the names of the songs, but they were all very sports-like and made the scenes perfect. The story of the movie made it compelling because of the plot, the characters, and the game of football. Every aspect that was listed made the movie great.The Longest Yard was a great movie. I recommend it to everyone who loves football and great comedy. Adam Sandler and Chris Rock make the movie perfect through their acting and the way they work with the co-stars. Also, the way throughout the movie how the characters learned to play football and work as a team, and never gave up. Lastly, the chemistry between all the actors in the movie, they've all worked together in other movies as well. They all tend to work together and like each other a lot. The Longest Yard is a movie that I would recommend to everyone.

It's not funny, just silly. The humor's corny overall. I can picture a little kid having written this one. Adam's made funnier. It's not the acting, it's the dialogue and directing. Out of four stars, I'd give it one, for it's definitely sub-par. The original's better. The only good part is Here Comes the Boom. And I understand the ending's trying to make an @$$ of the warden but come on, it's obvious that even William Fitchner's character sure thought Adam Sandler was going for the gate to escape. ...And then he shoves the rifle at the warden upon the false alarm like he's such an idiot. The stupidest thing, though, is Adam deciding to stay in prison from a fellow inmate's insight. You don't throw your life away to metaphorically pop someone. You POPPED him, it's not like you negatively altered his LIFE. And how has it been worth "every dam minute" of staying in prison when it's obvious he'll never change and isn't exactly crying about it every day? Your punch to his face he's clearly shaken off and forgotten about as easily as an itch that he simply scratched away.

The Longest Yard isn't your typical Adam Sandler movie. Yes, it's got the typical crude humor but it takes a new twist into a blend of comedy and sports. The result, an odd mix of amusing nonsense with inspirational game play and beating the odds. With an incredible soundtrack, script, and acting you will find yourself laughing at every witty joke and just plain ridiculousness of each character. Adam Sandler as Crewe, a former NFL quarter back accused of throwing a game, decided to steal his girlfriend's car and take it on a beer-driven joy ride, landing himself in a Texas Federal Prison. Being unanimously hated by everyone, Crewe is recruited by the Warden (James Cromwell) to help their guards football team. With threats from the guards if he declines, Crewe suggests an exhibition game against the inmates. Scarborough (Burt Reynolds) and Caretaker (Chris Rock) take over the team of convicts with Crewe as the quarter back which makes for some hilarious recruitment tactics. Overcoming the fact that they have a nice line up of gangs and ruthless inmates as their team, they do what they can to prepare for the big game against the guards. After all, they are inmates! Sabotaging the guards by switching steroids with estrogen is just one way this movie brings in the childish humor we all love. Despite the hilarious circumstances they find themselves in, the game is one for the record books. Any sport fan will love it, watching it as they would watch their favorite team on a Sunday afternoon.Throughout the movie we are presented with a diverse cast of characters. We have the stereotypical guards with big hats, the over exaggerated tough guys, and even the not-so-sexy cheerleaders. Bringing all these characters together makes for some gut-busting interactions. Cheeseburger Eddy (Terry Crews) is an inmate with the McDonalds hookup. He's got "the fries that will cross your eyes." His one-liners will leave you laughing and shaking your head because they are so bad it's just funny. Adam Sandler does an incredible job of portraying the sarcastic and arrogant Crewe who never gives up. He really connects and embraces his role and it helps that he has a history of staring in comedies. With Crewe constantly getting pummeled by the guards, it gives us a sort of sympathetic response which leaves us cheering for the convicts the whole game. While doing the unthinkable, he brings together the worst of the worst convicts by sharing a similar hatred – the guards. Throughout the movie Sandler is constantly delivering sarcastic comments one after another. Overall, the Longest Yard either had amazing writers or Sandler is one clever actor. He delivers each line exactly how it should be and plays off of all the other characters creating great on screen chemistry. The creators of Longest Yard also do an incredible job of music choices. Choosing songs that are all from the hip-hop and rap genre which perfectly accompany a prison environment and giving a 'pump-up' or 'pregame' vibe. This gives scenes such as when the team walks out of the locker room a dramatic entrance and gives the movie an overall essence of toughness. All though Longest Yard isn't a very deep film, it is a great movie for those looking for a humorous plot with a suspenseful and unexpected turn of events. It brings a fresh blend of comedy and sports into one which will leave you laughing and satisfied.

Remakes are a tough thing to do. They have standards to live up to mostly in comparison to the original version. It's no different with this remake. It doesn't hold up. The story is kind of the same but it doesn't have the same flair as the original. I think the biggest flaw is Adam Sandler. He plays Paul Crew which was originally played by acting legend Burt Reynolds. The difference is BR had a lot of wit in the original where Sandler is dry and somewhat forgettable in this. The movie has funny moments but it just fizzles out and the game between the inmates and guards seems long and tries to be too much like the original with the split screens and some of the antics. Basically the movie doesn't take a life of its own which is it's down fall. It's not a horrible movie and worth a watch,