The Longest Yard
Film2005113 min

The Longest Yard

Taste attributes: comedysportscrimelightsimplelinearenclosedall consuming questfighting evilgame/competitioninjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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"If you can't get out, get even."

Boxlist takeAn intimate, straightforward comedy, otherwise balanced. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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What lines up

  • Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
  • Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

Pro quarter-back, Paul Crewe and former college champion and coach, Nate Scarboro are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a football game 'fixed' to turn out quite another way.

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Taste Attributes

all consuming questfighting evilgame/competitioninjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Adam SandlerChris RockBurt ReynoldsWilliam FichtnerTerry Crews

Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
2005
Runtime
113 min
Status
Released
Studio
Callahan Filmworks
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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