The Longest Yard
BEWARE OF SPOILERS!
I’m not a football fan because I find it very boring and sllllooooooowwww. I really like Adam Sandler and Chris Rock so I picked up the movie. I was surprised. I really, really liked this one. It’s a mindless, predictable movie, but it will make you laugh. Chris rock is on the ball and he really was my favorite part. The man is hilarious!
Adam Sandler, an ex-football player, gets thrown into jail after he gets arrested for a DUI and crashing his girlfriends car into a few police cars during a high speed chase. He forms a football team in jail to play against the prison guards. Hilarity ensues as he tries to find football players and get them ready for the big game.
I was rolling my eyes at some of the jokes, but for the most part, this movie is a great ride. Adam Sandler and Chris Rock do a great job. The other actors and characters are quite funny! The guy constantly pulling our McDonald’s cheeseburgers from underneath his clothing, the prison guard that gets weepy because of a steroid to estrogen pill switch and the transvestite cheerleaders are good for a few chuckles. There’s so many quirky, weird, odd, funny characters that make up the team it’s worth the rental to watch all the craziness.
Thankfully the football was just the highlights of the game. Now if football was like this on TV, I’d watch. It was fast, showed all the highlights, the tackles, passes and touchdowns. Fantastic. That’s my kind of football.
Good for a laugh, if you’re in the mood to laugh at stupid jokes. I was a smooch annoyed when Chris Rock died cuz the movie didn’t seem that funny after that. He really shines in this show.
3.5 out of 5
Worth the price of a movie rental at good ole’ Blockbuster! Hooray for Blockbuster and no late fees! I’m so happy they opened up here this summer. My lil’ town is developing quite nicely.