The Longest Yard Reviews



  • The Longest Yard
    • Genre : Drama, Comedy
    • Release Date :
    • MPAA Rating : PG-13
    • Duration : 109 minute(s)
    • Production Budget : 82
    • Studio : Paramount Pictures
    • Official Site : http://www.longestyard.com/longestyard.php
    • Reviews Rate
      Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.

    • Readers Rate
      4 of 5

Movie Reviews

  • you'll likely be amused by this genial action comedy
    by Michael Rechtshaffen [The Hollywood Reporter ]
  • this is easily Segal's most accomplished film
    3 of 4 by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it ]
  • the painfully unnecessary remake
    2 of 5 by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News ]
  • only intermittently funny
    2 of 5 by Vicky Roach [Australian News Network ]
  • might not score a touchdown, but it does at least manage a thirty-five yard field goal.
    2.5 of 4 by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak ]
  • is like watching a high-school production of your favorite musical
    1 of 4 by SARAH CHAUNCEY [Reel ]
  • fails to go all the way by not delivering on the shrewd spirit of the original
    3 of 5 by [E! Online ]
  • can't find its tone or even hang onto any of those it tries.
    2.5 of 5 by Jeff Farance [The Daytona Beach News-Journal ]
  • An excessive, stupid, empty-headed nothing
    1 of 4 by Kevin Williams [Chicago Tribune ]
  • an enjoyable experience
    4 of 5 by Dan Deevy [The Cinema Source ]
  • a witty and cathartic crowd-pleaser
    2.5 of 4 by Wade Major [Boxoffice Magazine ]
  • a serviceable bone-cruncher of a sports comedy, just tough enough and funny enough to reach the end zone.
    2.5 of 4 by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle ]
  • a ripsnorter that is irresistibly entertaining
    3 of 4 by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
  • a mindless piece of entertainment that actually entertains
    3.5 of 5 by Ron Henriques [Latino Review ]
  • a fairly faithful homage to the 1974 original
    3 of 4 by John Hayes [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ]
  • 2005's Longest Yard is a funny, but highly unnecessary film that does little to add to the mystique of the original
    6 of 10 by Blake Wright [Comingsoon ]
  • "The Longest Yard" is technically the better movie, and it, too, goes for laughs.
    2 of 4 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! ]

Reader's Reviews

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