Not Nearly as Good as the Original

Rating: 5/10 (15 September 2013)

The original version of The Longest Yard is a near classic. Burt Reynolds was believable as the ex-football star turned bad guy. Burt Reynolds was a big, tough man in his 30s and 40s. he was one of the top sex symbols and movie stars at the time The Longest Yard was made in the mid-70s. It made sense that women were falling over him, which partially got him in trouble in the beginning of the movie. But Adam Sandler? Are you kidding me? Sandlker playing a role that Burt Reynolds originated? Sandler playing a role of a tough guy? That's just not believable. It's even more absurd that played a former NFL quarterback. This guy probably couldn't throw the ball a yard, much less the longest yard. The Longest Yard is a move that needs to be carried on the back of its star. Burt Reynolds did that so well in the original. Sandler, a huge miscast (probably by his own demanding) couldn't this movie off the ground. And that's where the football would be with him, on the ground, under a heap of football players who would have flattened the wimpy Sandler. The movie gets a five overall, however, because of a decent supporting cast (including Reynolds), and it was still a good story.