The Comebacks

Someone should tell these guys you can't score a touchdown throwing lateral passes.

The fact that The Comebacks makes fun of another sports parody, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, doesn't make it a good movie, but it does say something about the pilfering, postmodern, post-ironic age of cinema we live in.

The Comebacks is probably the worst movie that's sludged across my professional eyeballs -- worse than Daddy Day Camp, Baby Geniuses 2, and BloodRayne.

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.

Sports fans (including those with old head injuries) are likely to cheer. The rest of us may just go for the long pass.

The dialogue in The Comebacks is bereft of lines that trigger even a snicker.

it really tries too hard and has too many jokes that just fall flat

...has been infused with an increasingly desperate sensibility that's reflected in the film's almost total lack of genuine laughs...

for those who would rather step on a tack than sit through another Miracle, this film is a long overdue revival to the spoof genre.

Saying the makers of this film did a half ass job is giving them half of an ass more credit than they deserve.