The Longest Yard
Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.
What critics thought
Critics broadly panned this Adam Sandler remake, finding it a toothless echo of the 1974 original — good for a few laughs but stripped of the grit that made the source material stick. Audiences showed up and enjoyed themselves anyway, suggesting a real gap between critical and popular reception.
“more or less achieves what most of the people attending it will expect”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Sport
Cast & Crew
Peter SegalDirector
Adam SandlerPaul Crewe
Chris RockCaretaker
Burt ReynoldsNate Scarborough
NellyMegget
Michael IrvinDeacon Moss
Bill GoldbergBattle
Terry CrewsCheeseburger Eddy
Bob SappSwitowski
Nicholas TurturroBrucie
Dalip SinghTurley
Lobo SebastianTorres
Joey DiazBig Tony
Teddy CastellucciComposer
Albert S. RuddyWriter
Dean SemlerCinematographyThe Longest Yard
Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.
What critics thought
Critics broadly panned this Adam Sandler remake, finding it a toothless echo of the 1974 original — good for a few laughs but stripped of the grit that made the source material stick. Audiences showed up and enjoyed themselves anyway, suggesting a real gap between critical and popular reception.
“more or less achieves what most of the people attending it will expect”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Sport
Cast & Crew
Peter SegalDirectorAdam SandlerPaul CreweChris RockCaretakerBurt ReynoldsNate ScarboroughNellyMeggetMichael IrvinDeacon MossBill GoldbergBattleTerry CrewsCheeseburger EddyBob SappSwitowskiNicholas TurturroBrucieDalip SinghTurleyLobo SebastianTorresJoey DiazBig TonyTeddy CastellucciComposerAlbert S. RuddyWriterDean SemlerCinematography