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The Comebacks

Keep your eye on the ball.

2007 · 1h 47m · PG-13 Comedy
Directed by Tom Brady

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Overview

Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends, and finding that there is indeed, no "I" in "team"!

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9%
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Someone should tell these guys you can't score a touchdown throwing lateral passes.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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The Comebacks is probably the worst movie that's sludged across my professional eyeballs -- worse than Daddy Day Camp, Baby Geniuses 2, and BloodRayne.

Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly
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There is no I in "team," but there are three in "idiotic." And idiotic more or less describes the appeal of The Comebacks, a so-stupid-it's-funny spoof of inspirational sports dramas.

John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
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Sports fans (including those with old head injuries) are likely to cheer. The rest of us may just go for the long pass.

Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
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The dialogue in The Comebacks is bereft of lines that trigger even a snicker.

Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail

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