The Longest Yard

Name: The Longest Yard
Genre: Comedy, Drama

ComedyDrama

🍅31%

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31%

Tomatometer

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62%

Popcornmeter

Storyline

A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.

Details

StatusPlanned

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

1 fresh · 6 rotten

Critics consensus

“This Yard has some laughs, but missing from this remake is the edginess of the original.”

31% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Critic

RTTime OutJun 24, 2006

Everyone involved with this remake claims the utmost respect for Robert Aldrich's raucously funny 1974 original. So you have to wonder why they crapped all over it, starting with the casting.

Ian Nathan

RTEmpire MagazineSep 9, 2005

Homophobia, sexism, racism, ageism and OJ-ism pound against genre clich (C)s as weathered as Reynolds' skin, bludgeoning you into submission.

Paul Arendt

RTBBC.comSep 6, 2005

Adam Sandler, of course, is no Burt Reynolds. But then neither is Burt Reynolds these days, judging by his performance as the team's crusty mentor.

James Croot

RTThe Post NZFeb 2, 2021

Populated by one-note stereotypes and reliant on one-dimensional action.