The Comebacks (Unrated Edition)

Buy This Item The Comebacks (Unrated Edition) by Fox Atomic  Available from Amazon  $14.99  on 9-22-2008     The producers of Wedding Crashers score huge laughs with the Rated Edition of The Comebacks. <P>You'll laugh till you punt watching this hilarious spoof comedy that tackles the most memorable scenes from your favorite sports movies. It's the story of Lambeau Fields (David Koechner), an out-of-luck coach trying to lead a ragtag team of fumbling footballers to victory before his long-suffering wife (Melora Hardin) leaves him and his sexy gymnast daughter (Brooke Nevin) gets bent out of shape! Reader Reviews Spoofs of films have been around for some time. They began to make headway with the genre takes on films by Mel Brooks. Then in 1980 it all changed when the film AIRPLANE hit the screens. After that send ups of specific films and the like became a staple out of Hollywood. It seems now that the trend, though not dead, is suffering its last gasps. THE COMBACKS is a spoof of the sports films seen in the last decade or so. Coach Limbeau Fields (David Koechner) is the losingest coach of all time no matter what the sport. When an old friend lets him know about a college football team in need of a new coach, he decides to give it one last try. Of course the team is a bunch of malcontents and hopeless ball handlers, with one gifted player who tragedy is certain to strike. Every movie from RADIO to FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS to REMEMBER THE TITANS finds a home in this flick, but not a very funny one. The jokes are lame at best and vulgar at worst. It seems that when a joke can't be found in a parody these days the answer is to resort to the rudest thing possible. By the films end we discover that the coach's friend (played by Carl Weathers) wasn't a friend at all but using the coach to lead a possible contender against his team down the wrong path. A rallying cry from the team and the coach leads this motley crew to the finals. But will the win? Who cares! For me a comedy is a film that makes me laugh out loud more than once. I found one thing that made me do so during the 107 minutes that this film ran and that was a pretty weak laugh at that. Koechner can be hilarious and has the potential to do great comedy, but not if he continues to settle for films like this. For a better example of a good job he's done, watch RUN RONNIE RUN. The previews for this movie made me want to see it. But, as is often the case these days, the previews showed the best parts. And they were shown often enough that once I got to see the movie they were no longer funny. If you're looking for a good movie to rent this week pass this one by. Look for something else new on the shelf. Or better yet, look for either AIRPLANE or YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. Had the writers of this dreck done so, they might have thought before putting pen to paper.

The Comebacks (Unrated Edition) Available from Amazon Price: $14.99 Updated on 9-22-2008.

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