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Someone should tell these guys you can't score a touchdown throwing lateral passes.
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The Comebacks
Overview
Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields 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 indeed, no "I" in "team"!
Director and cast
- Tom Brady Director
- Carl Weathers as Freddie Wiseman
- David Koechner as Lambeau "Coach" Fields
- Melora Hardin as Barb Fields
- Matthew Lawrence as Lance Truman
- Brooke Nevin as Michelle Fields
- Nick Searcy as Mr. Truman
- Robert Ri'chard as Aseel Tare
- George Back as Buddy Boy
- Noureen DeWulf as Jasminder Featherfoot
- Jesse Garcia Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
9%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The Comebacks is probably the worst movie that's sludged across my professional eyeballs -- worse than Daddy Day Camp, Baby Geniuses 2, and BloodRayne.
Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
There is no I in "team," but there are three in "idiotic." And idiotic more or less describes the appeal of The Comebacks, a so-stupid-it's-funny spoof of inspirational sports dramas.
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
Rotten
Sports fans (including those with old head injuries) are likely to cheer. The rest of us may just go for the long pass.
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
Rotten
The dialogue in The Comebacks is bereft of lines that trigger even a snicker.
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
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