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The Comebacks
Summary: A comedy that spoofs inspirational sports movies, this movie is about an out-of-luck coach who drives a rag-tag bunch of college misfits towards the football championship.
Runtime: 1 h 47 min
MPAA: 14A
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 20,000,000
Domestic: $ 13,349,927
International: $ 189,227
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| MPAA Certification | No MPAA rating found yet. Add Family Friendly Rating? |
IMDb Ratinghttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790804/parentalguidelast updated: 2024-10-25Update data | |
Commonsensemedia Ratinghttps://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-comebackslast updated: 2024-10-25Update data | |
| Message | The players are encouraged to fail their classes in order to devote all their energy to playing college football. |
| Violence | A gun is shot in a cartoonish manner during a coaching drill. A player has an over-the-top injury during a football game. Lots of physical, slapstick-type gags. |
| Sex | Lots and lots of sexual jokes and double meanings. A teenage girl kisses two different guys and shows off her bra in two scenes. A married woman is caught wearing lingerie in bed with a shirtless man. The coach strips down to his underwear (briefs) during a party. An aroused player is able to hang his helmet on his erection. A female gymnast makes several jokes alluding to her sexual orientation. |
| Language | Language includes "s--t," "bulls--t," and sometimes-crude sexual jokes. A mentally impaired fan is called a "retard," "spaz," "moronic," etc. |
| Consumerism | |
| Drugs | Several characters drink 80-oz. bottles of beer; the coach takes pills and a bong hit and drinks too much at a party. |
Dove Ratinghttps://dove.org/review/6820-the-comebacks/ | |
| Faith | None |
| Sex | Filled with sexual innuendos; couples kissing; man fondling woman's breasts; sexual gestures and touching; discussion regarding "doing it." |
| Language | S-6; GD-3; J-2; C-1; D-5; H-2; A-8; OMG-2 |
| Violence | Football violence; slapstick violence; man hit by bus. |
| Drugs | Discussions regarding alcohol, smoking and drugs; spitting of chewing tobacco. |
| Nudity | Guys in shower; many women shown in skimpy outfits; guys without shirts; woman shown in bra and panties; men shown in underwear; man in tutu; men in women's panties; man strips. |
| Other | Racial slurs; ball team enters field in giant condom; Encouragement to not do well in classes; man arrested. |
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