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Movie Info

Genre :

Drama, Comedy

Release Date :

May 27, 2005

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Peter Segal

Starring :

Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Gary Oldman

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

“..you'll likely be amused by this genial action comedy..”
by Michael Rechtshaffen [The Hollywood Reporter]
3 of 4

“..this is easily Segal's most accomplished film..”
by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
2 of 5

“..the painfully unnecessary remake..”
by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News]
2 of 5

“..only intermittently funny..”
by Vicky Roach [Australian News Network]
2.5 of 4

“..might not score a touchdown, but it does at least manage a thirty-five yard field goal...”
by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
1 of 4

“..is like watching a high-school production of your favorite musical..”
by SARAH CHAUNCEY [Reel]
3 of 5

“..fails to go all the way by not delivering on the shrewd spirit of the original..”
by [E! Online]
2.5 of 5

“..can't find its tone or even hang onto any of those it tries...”
by Jeff Farance [The Daytona Beach News-Journal]
1 of 4

“..An excessive, stupid, empty-headed nothing..”
by Kevin Williams [Chicago Tribune]
4 of 5

“..an enjoyable experience..”
by Dan Deevy [The Cinema Source]
2.5 of 4

“..a witty and cathartic crowd-pleaser..”
by Wade Major [Boxoffice Magazine]
2.5 of 4

“..a serviceable bone-cruncher of a sports comedy, just tough enough and funny enough to reach the end zone...”
by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle]
3 of 4

“..a ripsnorter that is irresistibly entertaining..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
3.5 of 5

“..a mindless piece of entertainment that actually entertains..”
by Ron Henriques [Latino Review]
3 of 4

“..a fairly faithful homage to the 1974 original..”
by John Hayes [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
6 of 10

“..2005's Longest Yard is a funny, but highly unnecessary film that does little to add to the mystique of the original..”
by Blake Wright [Comingsoon]
2 of 4

“.."The Longest Yard" is technically the better movie, and it, too, goes for laughs...”
by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News]
7.5 of 10
Reviewed by Brendan Cullin [Empire Movies]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Gerry Shamray [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Kit Bowen [Hollywood]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Jim Slotek [Jam! Movies]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by [The Movie Chicks]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Neman [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Pete Vonder Haar [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Noah Love [Chart Magazine]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Lew Irwin [ShowBIZ Data]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Duane Dudek [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Moore [The Movie Insider]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Jason Whyte [EFilmCritic]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Glenn Whipp [L.A. Daily News]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix]
Reviewed by Carol Cling [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
Reviewed by Sarah Maddox [Mediasearch, Australia]
Reviewed by Andrew O'Hehir [Salon]
Reviewed by Paul Myers [Georgia Straight]
Reviewed by Cam Lindsay [Exclaim!]

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really liked it.

posted by rdog on Oct 16, 2009
 
 

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