The Comebacks (2007)

A comedy that spoofs the inspirational sports movies, The Comebacks tells the story of an out-of-luck coach, Lambeau Fields, who takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends, and finding that there is... See full summary »

Director:

Tom Brady

Writers:

Ed Yeager (screenplay), Joey Gutierrez (screenplay),

Stars:

David Koechner, Carl Weathers, Melora Hardin

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Koechner	...	Lambeau "Coach" Fields
Carl Weathers	...	Freddie Wiseman
Melora Hardin	...	Barb Fields
Matthew Lawrence	...	Lance Truman
Brooke Nevin	...	Michelle Fields
Nick Searcy	...	Mr. Truman
George Back	...	Buddy Boy
Noureen DeWulf	...	Jizminder Featherfoot
Jesse Garcia	...	Jorge Juanson
Jackie Long	...	Trotter
Robert Ri'chard	...	Aseel Tare
Martin Spanjers	...	Randy Randinger
Jermaine Williams	...	IPod
Finesse Mitchell	...	Titans Coach
Will Arnett	...	Mailman

Storyline

Lambeau Fields lives a middle-class lifestyle in America along with his wife, Barb, and a gorgeous daughter, Michelle, who he has brought up as a son. Lambeau is a failure and has virtually given up on his career as a football coach. Then his friend, Freddie Wiseman, encourages him to re-enter this field, and he does so by re-locating to Plainfolk in Texas and joins the Heartland State University. It is here he will meet some of the most pathetic players, and quite disillusioned he goes about to find new-comers. He finds a kicker in Jasminder Featherfoot, provided of course, he keeps her involvement secret from the rest of her family. Then he finds Lance Truman, whose drag queen dad has brought him up more like a tom-girl. With these additions and others Lambeau sets forth to include his team in the next Super...Er...Toilet Bowl 2 series, and it is here that he will find that Lance fumbles a lot; Barb is not quite faithful as she seems; he will soon be in jail for Indecent Exposure; ...

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Plot Keywords:

coach | football | championship | failure | college | 

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Taglines:

Keep your eye on the ball.

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Genres:

Comedy | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 on appeal for crude and sexual content throughout and some drug material

Details

Official Sites:

The Fox [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 October 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sports Movie

Filming Locations:

California State University - 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$5,554,594 (USA) (19 October 2007)

Gross:

$13,349,251 (USA) (21 December 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox Atomic, Tapestry Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min 107 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Not screened for critics.

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Quotes

Titans Coach: Crack is whack and white don't cover black!

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Connections

References 1986 World Series (1986)

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Soundtracks

"White Barrier"
Written by Dick Lemaine
Courtesy of 5 Alarm Music

User Reviews

Jason Voorhees should have been the coach.

Sometimes, things should just not be made. And while the set-up seemed good enough, it proceeds to only make the audience gasp in horror. But the problem is, its not another Saw film. Its just so bad you wish you were receiving punishment from Jason Voorhees.

I lost track of how many sports movies and spoofs it incorporated into the film. And generally, it flopped in its attempts. True, telling his team they should fail every subject to be true players was somewhat funny at first, but that grew tiring to watch. That and the joke about "Radio" and "IPod".

Overall, I can't stand to watch this film again. Even Trantasia is worth more than this. "D-"