Longest Yard

Pros: The cast brings energy and credibility
Cons: Much of the film repeats the 1974 version

To paraphrase fictional baseball player Chico Escuela, football has been very, very bad to Paul Crewe. Crewe (Adam Sandler), who was once an NFL MVP, has found himself banned from the league for five years because of gambling allegations. Even though he ...

Pros: Funny and entertaining
Cons: Development of some characters could have been better

There have been many remakes made of popular older movies, especially in the last few years. I have seen and enjoyed some of the remakes. I saw the previews for a new version of The Longest Yard several times. It looked interesting but I ...

Pros: good football movie, some funny line/scenes
Cons: weak supporting characters, too many "for the moment" scenes

When I first started seeing previews of The Longest Yard I was actually a little disappointed that the movie was being redone in today's market. The first one is a sports movie classic, and stands on its own as one of the better football movies I have ...

Pros: Decent action sequences, good sets and costumes.
Cons: Weak writing, no plot, very predictable, undeveloped characters.

Note: This review will reveal no more than minor details regarding the plot. That is, minor details regarding what plot exists in this movie...which isn't much. I first took my son to see this movie when it was playing at the movie theater. ...

Pros: funny, warm, one of the better remakes
Cons: deprived of the luxuries that made the original so funny

I'm not a purist, but I sometimes play one - to the annoyance of those around me. I don't like drivers who can't operate a turn-signal. I don't like signs that are misspelled. I don't like remakes, especially when they take a classic and hand it back ...

Pros: Burt Reynolds is in it
Cons: Drunk driving and prison brutality is not funny

Like most remakes, Adam Sandler’s take on The Longest Yard is nowhere near as good as the original 1974 movie which starred Burt Reynolds. Despite poor reviews, this movie was a pretty big hit when it showed in theaters in 2005. At least the ...

Pros: Shameless McDonald's plugs are funny.
Cons: Most of the comedy is in bad taste.

Adam Sandler’s hardcore prison debut in The Longest Yard puts a few extra pounds on him as he buff’s up to revive and remakes Robert Aldrich’s 1974 movie bringing the original star, Burt Reynolds back to life, only this time Sandler’s character ...

Pros: Good entertainment throughout
Cons: Not as good as the original; Sandler hard to take seriously in dramatic roles.

Getting sent to prison can be an eye- opening experience. Not only is one’s liberty forfeited, there is also the possibility of physical attack by guards and fellow inmates; sexual assault by other prisoners; and a host of other forgettable events. ...

Pros: Has some funny moments, some of the characters
Cons: Boring, that that funny, doesn't compare to the original movie.

This just isn't a very good movie. You expect comedies to be funny, but this remake of the Longest Yard wasn't at all, it had it's funny parts, but not nearly enough to consider it a good funny comedy movie. The Longest Yard is about a former ...

Pros: Adam Sandler/Chris Rock combine for a knockout comedy, big hits, Nicholas Torturro is hilarious
Cons: unsuspecting scene near the end

What do you get when you take a bunch of unruly convicts, give them a football, and give them a chance to play the guards in a traditional football game? Utter chaos, and very far from traditional. After watching Adam Sandler in the sub-par ...

Pros: Sandler and the football sequences
Cons: Non-stop cameos, very weak plot like every other average sports film.

NOTE: You’ll have to excuse me, this if my first film review in about 2 years. Why I chose another throwaway Adam Sandler project as the restart point for film criticism I don’t know. Probably because it easier to review a mindless MTV-ized ...

Pros: A seasoned Reynolds return; "He was like, 'Oh my balls!'"; funny in lighthearted way
Cons: Sandler is no Reynolds; Rock's Caretaker expendable; this machine is nowhere near mean enough

You wanna see a really good movie? Check out "The Longest Yard." The ORIGINAL. This totally irrelevant update is like a karaoke version of the 1974 anti-authority classic--synthetic but funny in places, with dialogue and sequences faithfully duplicated, ...

Pros: Great view, hilarious in parts, storyline, star power, Stone Cold and Goldberg
Cons: Violence

I expected a comedy when I picked up Longest Yard even though it is set in a prison. With the characters playing in it, most play in comedies and I suspected would play similar roles here. Many recognizable famous actors abound in this film ...

Pros: Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, music
Cons: Sandler's appearance, gay-baiting jokes, the scene with the secretary

As the North American box office begins to stage a recovery from its rather lethargic slump over the past few months earlier this year, though still quite far from where studio executives would desire it to be, thanks to the release of Star Wars: ...

Pros: Witty, typical Sandler, great cast, a few surprises "thrown" here and there.
Cons: The good guy dies. Some racist talk; comes from the 1974 version as well.

The Longest Yard... A Re-Make The Longest Yard came out back in 1974 with Burt Reynolds playing start quarterback Paul Crewe. It is always said that what is old shall become new again, and thus, we have the new The Longest Yard starring Adam ...