The Longest Yard (2005)
Directed by Peter Segal · 113 min · Drama, Comedy, Crime
15.1 TOPICAL score · #5,030 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Longest Yard (2005, directed by Peter Segal) has a TOPICAL score of 15.1 - ranked 5,030 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on lasting engagement and audience, and lowest on awards. Critics: 32% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 48. Audiences: TMDB 6.7/10 (3,814 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 32 languages.
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- Critics32% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 48
- AudienceTMDB 6.7/10 (3,814 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 32 languages
- Still read70,391 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
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