Why so much hype?

the audience applauded

An Exercise In Nonsense

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The Longest Yard isn't your typical Adam Sandler movie. Yes, it's got the typical crude humor but it takes a new twist into a blend of comedy and sports. The result, an odd mix of amusing nonsense with inspirational game play and beating the odds. With an incredible soundtrack, script, and acting you will find yourself laughing at every witty joke and just plain ridiculousness of each character. Adam Sandler as Crewe, a former NFL quarter back accused of throwing a game, decided to steal his girlfriend's car and take it on a beer-driven joy ride, landing himself in a Texas Federal Prison. Being unanimously hated by everyone, Crewe is recruited by the Warden (James Cromwell) to help their guards football team. With threats from the guards if he declines, Crewe suggests an exhibition game against the inmates. Scarborough (Burt Reynolds) and Caretaker (Chris Rock) take over the team of convicts with Crewe as the quarter back which makes for some hilarious recruitment tactics. Overcoming the fact that they have a nice line up of gangs and ruthless inmates as their team, they do what they can to prepare for the big game against the guards. After all, they are inmates! Sabotaging the guards by switching steroids with estrogen is just one way this movie brings in the childish humor we all love. Despite the hilarious circumstances they find themselves in, the game is one for the record books. Any sport fan will love it, watching it as they would watch their favorite team on a Sunday afternoon.Throughout the movie we are presented with a diverse cast of characters. We have the stereotypical guards with big hats, the over exaggerated tough guys, and even the not-so-sexy cheerleaders. Bringing all these characters together makes for some gut-busting interactions. Cheeseburger Eddy (Terry Crews) is an inmate with the McDonalds hookup. He's got "the fries that will cross your eyes." His one-liners will leave you laughing and shaking your head because they are so bad it's just funny. Adam Sandler does an incredible job of portraying the sarcastic and arrogant Crewe who never gives up. He really connects and embraces his role and it helps that he has a history of staring in comedies. With Crewe constantly getting pummeled by the guards, it gives us a sort of sympathetic response which leaves us cheering for the convicts the whole game. While doing the unthinkable, he brings together the worst of the worst convicts by sharing a similar hatred – the guards. Throughout the movie Sandler is constantly delivering sarcastic comments one after another. Overall, the Longest Yard either had amazing writers or Sandler is one clever actor. He delivers each line exactly how it should be and plays off of all the other characters creating great on screen chemistry. The creators of Longest Yard also do an incredible job of music choices. Choosing songs that are all from the hip-hop and rap genre which perfectly accompany a prison environment and giving a 'pump-up' or 'pregame' vibe. This gives scenes such as when the team walks out of the locker room a dramatic entrance and gives the movie an overall essence of toughness. All though Longest Yard isn't a very deep film, it is a great movie for those looking for a humorous plot with a suspenseful and unexpected turn of events. It brings a fresh blend of comedy and sports into one which will leave you laughing and satisfied.

The similarities between the British version and this film are obvious. The only essential difference is in the choice of sport since soccer has no popularity in the US, and therefore the choice fell on football. Although at the first glance you may think that this is a typical sports movie, but that is not true, because "The Longest Yard" is a collection of comedic fun dialogues, scenes and events that revolve around the game itself and its preparation. The cast in this is a great achievement. Central figures are Adam Sandler in his characteristic role and Burt Reynolds who starred in the original movie. The central duo has excellent support from Chris Rock Terry Crews, Bob Sapp and rapper Nelly. Even the star of American wrestling Dalip Singh appears on several occasions. Truly, a great team, that easily creates entertainment for the viewers.

When I went to the theaters in 2005 to go watch The Longest Yard, I had no knowledge that the film was actually a remake. But this remake does a good job on it own to be a stand out movie.I saw this one twice in theaters which is not something I also do unless I really enjoy the movie enough to go see the movie again in theaters.And this is one of the funniest comedies I seen in a long time and I still remember how everyone in the theater laugh so loud in the theater it's just not something you see too much. The cast is a mix of comedy actors,Former NFL Players and Pro Wrestlers . Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Nelly, Michael Irvin, Bill Goldberg, Steve Austin, Kevin Nash, Walter Williamson, Terry Crews, Bob Sapp,Nicolas Turturro, Dalip Singh,Lobo Sebastian, William Fichtner, Bill Romanowski, Brian Bosworth, James Cromwell and many more I just list the ones whose character plays the most important to the film plotNow this being a sport comedy they had to make it interesting enough to make it worth your time and it does that. Though there are some bits you would be better off not paying attention to The Longest Yard actually does a lot of things to make it a stand alone movie which most remakes don't do all that often.This film is full of drama and humor and quotes that you'll find yourself using after watching it. If you're a football fan or comedy fan do yourself a favor watch The Longest Yard it is full of a lot good.Surprising good acting, smart comedy and a plot that matches the story you'll be in for a good film I give The Longest Yard an 9 out of 10

so Adam Sander Burt Reynolds from the original and Chris rock star in this funny film against odds game against the guards who guard them 24/7 Paul crewe is a former pro footballer who is a playboy who had a drunk night out drives A sport car and the police stop him but wrecks his car and the police car so he is sent allenville penitentiary with prison warden played by James Cromwell run the prison like his own home keeps it mean so he ask crewe to set up team out of his prisoners and chis rock is the caretaker who can get anything everyone wants and Burt Reynolds as the coach some how get a misfit of a team together with the guards playing dirty tricks so that they cant train to win but the warden doesn't want the prisoners to win as the guards have all ways won so its up to a clever thinking on all the guy to come up with a plan to overcome refs warden and guards and overcome the odds to win 7/10 fun film with action comedy hamburgers and tranvestites cheerleaders what more do you want