The Longest Yard Movie Review 2005

Information and Film Reviews for The Longest Yard the Movie

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Does anyone really believe Sandler as a QB? Well, in this remake of the more brutal 1974 original, Sandler is ex-pro Paul 'Wrecking' Crewe, who's stuck in a Texas federal pen that also houses one-time college football legend Nate Scarborough (Reynolds, who formerly played the QB). The football-obsessed warden (Cromwell) okays a televised game that pits Paul and his woeful cons against the bone-crunching guards (many cameos by ex-jocks). Motor-mouthed Rock makes a relatively brief appearance as a prison fixer and game day takes up a big part of the movie's running time. The comedy's been amped up, the pace is brisk, and Sandler is actually tolerable, but none of that makes up for doing it in the first place.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Running time 113 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres
Football, Men in Prison, Team Efforts, Top Grossing Films of 2005
Screenplay
Sheldon Turner
Cast
Adam Sandler, Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock, James Cromwell, Nelly, David Patrick Kelly, Nicholas Turturro, William Fichtner, Tracy Morgan, Brian Bosworth, Ed Lauter, Cloris Leachman, Steve Austin, Bob Sapp, Dalip Singh, Lobo Sebastian, Rob Schneider, Courteney Cox, Edward (Eddie) Bunker, Terry Crews
Cinematography
Dean Semler
Director
Peter Segal
Music
Teddy Castellucci
Other
Thomas Causey, Michael Dilbeck, Jeff Gourson, Domenic Silvestri, Ellen Lutter, Perry Andelin Blake
Producer
Jack Giarraputo, Happy Madison Productions, MTV Films, Paramount Pictures

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