The Comebacks Synopsis & Review: Plot Summary

🎯 Quick Overview

😅 Plot Summary – Badly Explained

A washed-up coach, famous for losing, tries to lead a team of total misfits to victory, but mostly they just get hit by buses and make awkward sex jokes.

🍿 The Comebacks: Detailed Plot Synopsis

Introduction to Lambeau Fields

Lambeau Fields is introduced as the worst coach in sports history, failing in every sport imaginable. He is currently working a strange job. He is down on his luck and struggling to provide for his wife, Barb, and rebellious daughter, Michelle.

A New Opportunity in Plainfolk

Lambeau’s friend, Freddie Wiseman, encourages him to take a coaching job at Heartland State University in Plainfolk, Texas, hoping for a fresh start. Lambeau moves his family, promising to prioritize them this time. He assembles a team of misfits, including a baseball player with butterfingers, a British-Indian soccer player, and an odd assortment of quirky characters.

Training and Initial Failures

Coach Fields uses unorthodox methods to train his team, including ice skating and dodging bullets. The team suffers humiliating defeats, and Lambeau’s personal life is also in shambles. Michelle starts dating a football player, angering Lambeau. However, small connections are forming between the team members and Lambeau’s family.

Discovering Freddie’s Betrayal

The Comebacks experience some unexpected victories, leading them to the Toilet Bowl championship. However, Lambeau learns that Freddie, his friend, is actually the coach of the opposing team, the Lone Star State Unbeatables, and has been sabotaging him all along. This betrayal fuels Lambeau’s determination to win.

The Toilet Bowl Championship

The Comebacks face Freddie’s team in the Toilet Bowl, where they are initially dominated due to the opposing team’s cheating and aggressive tactics. Lambeau rallies his team with an unconventional pep talk, and they start using their unique skills and unorthodox strategies to fight back. The team realizes the are greater together than apart.

⚠️ Spoilers and Ending Explained

🎬 Cast & Characters

• Lambeau “Coach” Fields (David Koechner): The incompetent and unlucky coach attempts to redeem himself by leading a ragtag football team to victory.
• Freddie Wiseman (Carl Weathers): Coach Fields’s friend and fellow coach, who secretly undermines him to secure his own team’s success.
• Barb Fields (Melora Hardin): Coach Fields’s long-suffering wife, who supports him despite his failures and questionable decisions.
• Michelle Fields (Brooke Nevin): Coach Fields’s rebellious daughter navigates her own life while dealing with her father’s antics.
• Lance Truman (Matthew Lawrence): The talented but fumble-prone quarterback becomes a key player for the Comebacks and develops a connection with Michelle.
• IPod (Jermaine Williams): The good-hearted, music-loving assistant coach provides support and often misunderstood insights to the team.

💬 Memorable Quotes

• Vince: “Hey coach. Name is Vince. I’m just a bartender from Philly whose only dream is to play ball.” – Vince introduces himself to Coach Fields, expressing his desire to join the team.
• Lambeau “Coach” Fields: “I say you can add ‘Did not make the football team’ to your list of woes.” – Coach Fields bluntly rejects Vince’s attempt to join the team.

💰Box Office

• Budget: $20,000,000
• Domestic Gross: $13,349,927
• Worldwide Gross: $13,539,154

💥 The Comebacks Reviews

Personal Review

I went into this expecting a dumb but funny sports parody. What I got was… well, it was dumb. There were a couple of moments that got a chuckle out of me, like the running gag with the bus, but overall it felt like it was trying way too hard. The jokes felt forced, and the characters were mostly just caricatures. David Koechner did his best, but even he couldn’t save this one. Honestly, I kind of regret watching it.

• Who would enjoy:
  • “Fans of David Koechner’s comedic style”
  • “Viewers who enjoy broad, over-the-top parodies”
  • “Those looking for a lighthearted and undemanding comedy”
• Content warnings ⚠:
  • “Crude humor and sexual references”
  • “Drug and alcohol use”
  • “Language and suggestive content”

Professional Reviews

• IMDb: “This movie is a rancid piece of garbage not worth viewing, so don’t see it! Tom Brady probably found it hilarious that referencing sports films and tossing in a couple of sex jokes, would be the funniest thing since Airplane! Well, he was wrong.
• Rotten Tomatoes: “Unfunny dumb, childish, moronic and idiotic, which the movie can still be understood even by using the fast forward button while playing on some scenes. This comes in a long line of bad spoof movies. It’s not the worst one but it’s not much better either.
• Letterboxd: “It isn’t destined for anything other than a dusty shelf life. Director Tom Brady goes after sports films with funny opening background footage but from there it is all down hill. When asked to make better films, this is not the ideal comeback sought after by film fans.

Audience Reactions

Some found certain jokes funny, especially if in the right mood.: Occasional laughs and immature humor resonated with some viewers.

Overall Consensus: A poorly received sports parody with forced humor, relying on clichés and stereotypes. Some viewers found occasional laughs, but overall, it’s considered a forgettable and disappointing spoof.

Awards

🛠️ Behind the Scenes

• “The movie was not screened for critics prior to its release.”
• “Several sports movies are referenced, including ‘Field of Dreams,’ ‘Bend it Like Beckham,’ ‘Rocky Balboa,’ ‘Friday Night Lights,’ ‘Stick It,’ ‘Radio,’ ‘Miracle,’ ‘Remember the Titans,’ ‘Gridiron Gang,’ ‘Invincible,’ and ‘Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.'”

🖥️ How to Watch The Comebacks?

As of October 2024, “The Comebacks” is available for rent or purchase on various digital platforms, including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, and Vudu. Check your local listings for streaming options as availability may vary. Unfortunately there are no free streaming options.

🎥 Similar Movies

If you enjoyed The Comebacks, you might like these similar films:

• BASEketball (1998): Another sports parody with absurdist humor and a focus on the ridiculous aspects of sports.
• Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004): Shares a similar underdog sports team narrative with over-the-top characters and comedic situations.
• The Waterboy (1998): Features an unlikely protagonist finding success in football through unconventional means, with plenty of slapstick comedy.
• Meet the Spartans (2008): Another spoof movie from the same era that uses parody and over-the-top humor, even if it’s not sports-related.

🛒 The Comebacks Related Products

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🎧 Soundtrack

The Comebacks features a captivating soundtrack that enhances the movie’s atmosphere and emotional impact. Here are some notable tracks:

• “Back Move” – performed by Kwamé

You can find the complete soundtrack on Amazon Music and Apple Music.

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