Fresh
An outstanding action drama, combining the brutish excitement of football competition with the brutalities of contemporary prison life.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Longest Yard
It's survival of the fiercest and funniest
1974 · 2h 1m · R
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Robert Aldrich
Overview
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
What saves it, aside from good performances by Burt Reynolds and a thundering herd of supporting grotesques, is, of all things, a tough, tiny nut of valid social criticism.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Fresh
Very exciting, very witty, and elevated above its action-movie status by Aldrich's deliberate references to Nixon in Albert's characterisation of the warden.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
Though The Yard is a terrible picture, I'll admit to having unwillingly enjoyed some of the football practice and parts of the final game -- even though it's much too long.
Nora Sayre, New York Times
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