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The latest remake of Burt Reynold’s 1974 flick, Adam Sandler’s take on The Longest Yard, is unlikely to win him many new fans. But it has merits as a good, solid, enjoyable comedy, and it finds Sandler himself in very strong form.
The plot sets him as an ex-American footballer, who is sent to prison following a car accident. There, he finds himself putting together a team of convicts to face off against the prison guards, an opportunity that many of the prisoners simply don’t want to pass up. And that pretty much sets the stage for a fast-paced, frequently-funny comedy that doesn’t eclipse the original by any means, but is a worthy testament to it.
Its main strength is its cast. Alongside Sandler himself are a collection of names from the American Football scene, but British audiences are more likely to warm to Chris Rock. He pretty much steals good chunks of the movie from under Sandler’s nose, and some of the film’s finest moments are down to him.
Granted, The Longest Yard hardly sets new ground for comedies, and neither is it the finest laugh-fest of the last few years. But it is fun, it is funny, and for Adam Sandler and Chris Rock fans in particular, it’s a fine way to spend a couple of hours. Worth a spin.--Simon Brew
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This review is from: The Longest Yard [DVD] [2005] (DVD)
The second remake of Robert Aldrich's The Longest Yard is a typical bit of modern product: slick, commercial, soulless and forgettable, going through the motions without ever really making contact. It's better than 2001's Vinnie Jones British version from the same studio, The Mean Machine (the UK title for the original), and it isn't quite as lowbrow as you might expect coming from the director of The Nutty Professor 2, but it doesn't stand comparison with the Aldrich film even as Saturday night entertainment. Adam Sandler isn't the first person you'd think of to play a disgraced quarterback sentenced to three years for stealing and wrecking his girlfriend's car, and as if his physical slightness wasn't enough of a problem, unlike Burt Reynolds in the original, he doesn't have the courage to play unlikeable at the film's beginning. It's not bitterness or self-loathing that gets him into prison, it's high spirits and a smartass attitude that we're supposed to like. That need to be liked extends to the convicts as well, who are all loveable innocents played purely for laughs, which not only takes the danger and semi-realism out of it but also make everything come too easy to the characters even before the star is given a literal Get Out of Jail Free card: they don't really earn their chance to knock the excrement out of the guards and the violence is more cartoonish as a consequence. Worse, the film spoonfeeds the audience, explaining everything in the blandest fashion possible and underlining every big speech with would-be inspiring music because it knows the words and the scene themselves just aren't up to doing it for themselves.
There's talent in the supporting cast, though none of them are called upon to use much of it, with only James Cromwell's football-mad politically ambitious warden and William Finchter's sadistic chief guard making much impression. Original chief guard Ed Lauter turns up briefly as one of Cromwell's golf buddies while Burt Reynolds is roped in like so many stars of superior originals before him to give the film a seal of approval and, for his sins, is sentenced to playing Michael Conrad's role as the broken down old-timer time has forgotten ("I heard you were dead?"). While he's not even remotely deserving of his Razzie nomination for Worst Supporting Actor, he's not exactly bringing his A-game to the party, but it's hard to blame him since nobody else is. It's watchable in its very obvious and undemanding way, but it's just not mean enough by half. There's a decent extras package - redundant deleted scenes, featurettes, bloopers and music video - but you're better off picking up the special edition of the original.
1.0 out of 5 stars
utter TRASH, HAVE YOU NO DIGNITY !,
By gingahippie (Seattle, Washington) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Longest Yard [DVD] [2005] (DVD)
This is terrible I mean this is even worse than dont mess with the Zohan.
I mean you obviously thought "Oh Adam Sandler is in it that means it has to be good" Yeahhhh I dont think so And to top it off Chris Rock as well and he is anything but funny. this is a boring film stick with Sandlers early work much more funnier.
1.0 out of 5 stars
The Longest Yard,
This review is from: Longest Yard [DVD] [2005] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
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