Longest Yard

Year: 1974

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: Aldrich

Review

a cross between cool hand luke and 90% of the sports movies out there. burt reynolds does a good job in a less than endearing role. the supporting cast is pretty decent on the whole. i didn’t have really strong feelings about the film in any direction and i think much of that stemmed from burt reynolds’ character. at one point you despise the guy and at another you think he may have redeemed himself. i suppose that makes him a complicated character, but not a very sympathetic one, and we were clearly meant to root for his side.