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Genre :

Comedy, Sport

Release Date :

October 19, 2007

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Tom Brady

Starring :

David Koechner, Carl Weathers, Matthew Lawrence, Brooke Nevin, Jackie Long, Jesse Garcia, DJ Qualls, Eric Christian Olsen, Robert Ri'chard

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

Review rate : B-

“..Sports movies were certainly ripe for a parody movie, and this one certainly gets a passing grade..”
by Michael M. Dance [Cinema Source]
“..slapdash, ultimately tedious comedy..”
by Matt Zoller Seitz [NY Times]
1.5 of 5

“..No surprises, no curveballs, just a standard minimum-effort parody movie in the vein of Scary Movie, Date Movie, and Epic Movie..”
by Joshua Tyler [CinemaBlend]
1 of 4

“..It's a spoof that goes "poof."..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune]
2.5 of 4

“..As dumb spoofs go, "The Comebacks" isn't bad..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Ken Fox [TV Guide]
0.5 of 4
Reviewed by Gene Seymour [Newsday]

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this movie was very funny but i had expected what i saw. this is the same as epic movie, scary movie series and date movie...... failing grade c-

posted by melt12 on Nov 20, 2007
 
 

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