The Longest Yard
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67% Critic Match

The Longest Yard

If you can't get out, get even.

6.7 / 10 2005 1h 53mPG-13 English
DramaComedyCrime

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler

Paul Crewe

Lead
Chris Rock

Chris Rock

Caretaker

James Cromwell

James Cromwell

Warden Hazen

Nelly

Nelly

Megget

Michael Irvin

Michael Irvin

Deacon Moss

Bob Sapp

Bob Sapp

Switowski

William Fichtner

William Fichtner

Captain Knauer

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman

Lynette

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Segal's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Longest Yard is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker