The Longest Yard

31% of critics liked it

67% of users liked it

Adam Sandler, Chris Rock
In theaters May 27, 2005
PG-13, 1 hr. 53 min.

Movie Info

Cast: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Nelly, James Cromwell, William Fichtner, Michael Irvin, David Patrick Kelly, Bill Romanowski, Bill Goldberg
Director: Peter Segal, Peter Segal
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hr. 53 min.
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Theater Release: May 27, 2005
DVD Release: Aug 03, 2004
Synopsis: One of the toughest and best-remembered sports movies of the 1970s gets a humorous makeover in this comedy. Paul "Wrecking" Crewe (Adam Sandler) was once a famous professional football player, but after several years out of the limelight and an alcohol problem have taken their toll, Crewe is arrested for a serious traffic accident aggravated by the fact he was drunk. Crewe is sentenced to Allenville Penitentiary, where Warden Hazen (James Cromwell) is something of a football fan. Hazen had

Critic Reviews

  • , Time Out
    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. More...
  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
    A Division III imitation of the original. More...
  • Ed Halter, Village Voice
    No uplifting populism here. More...
  • Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
    People will go see The Longest Yard for all sorts of reasons -- its lively humor, the current of violence that's just under the surface, its message of underdog racial reconciliation, or the fact that there's no actual football to watch on TV. More...
  • Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
    The pleasure is entirely like eating cake made from cake mix. It's not like you don't know how it's going to turn out, or how it tasted the last time you ate it. More...
  • Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
    Whether it's the sight of Reynolds squeezed painfully into a football uniform or the endless footballs-to-the-crotch and tired gay jokes, The Longest Yard has the feeling of mutton dressed as lamb. More...
  • Mike Clark, USA Today
    Though there's no drearier trend in current movies than recycling, this modified Yard is more smoothly crafted than the 1974 slapstick version. More...
  • Peter Howell, Toronto Star
    The Longest Yard works well enough. More...
  • David Edelstein, Slate
    What was already a raucous put-on, a goof on Aldrich's brutal action movies, is now a hyperbolic, gross-out cartoon, with a cast of enormous ex-football stars only adding to the air of facetiousness. More...
  • Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
    It's indifferent, charisma-free filmmaking. More...