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I can sum up why "The Longest Yard" falls short in four words: football quarterback Adam Sandler. Sandler has built has career on playing some variation of a goofy, lovable schmuck. That makes it more than a little hard to buy him as a brash jock in this fumbled remake of the 1974 football prison movie with Burt Reynolds. Read the full review
A remake of the 1974 Burt Reynolds vehicle, with Adam Sandler playing the role of pro quarterback Paul Crewe who leads a team of prison inmates to victory in a football game against the prison guards. Reynolds takes the role of coach Nate Scarboro.
Director: Peter Segal
Starring: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, William Fichtner, James Cromwell
Run time: 109 minutes
Release date: May 27, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, violence, language and drug references.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B-
"... by no means a touchdown, but it's pretty close to third and goal."
Austin American-Statesman: 3 of 5 stars
"With so much comedy provided by other characters, Sandler opts for a mature approach not often seen in his films. ... It's all part of a skillfully directed blend of action and comic relief, a remake that scores big."
The Middletown Journal: C+
"... most of its best moments are borrowed from the first film. Much of what the remake adds is poisoned by the juvenile humor that made Sandler's early comedies such chores to watch."
The Palm Beach Post: C
"You have to admire Sandler's recent efforts to stretch, including such miscalculations as Punch Drunk Love and Spanglish, but The Longest Yard is hardly playing to his performance strengths."
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