Great, funny movie. However, some content may not be apropriate for 12 & under. But you can get some real laughs.
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The Comebacks
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Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 13. -
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Common Sense says
Crude sports spoof too dumbed-down to be funny.
updated 10.30.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 13–15
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What Parents Need to Know
About The Comebacks
Parents need to know that because this sports-movie spoof has been marketed as being from the creators of Wedding Crashers, it's definitely going to appeal to teens. Originally rated R (it got its PG-13 on appeal), it has a lot of sexual references -- mostly through double entendres and sight gags (a wife is caught in bed with another man, a girl gymnast makes several lesbian jokes, etc.) -- though no actual nudity. There's also drinking and drug use, particularly on the part of the crazy coach who wants his players to learn how to party. Some language ("s--t") and cartoonish, slapstick-type violence.
Read our full review by Sandie Angulo Chen
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the differences between a parody and its source material. Is it easy to identify which movies are being spoofed here? Which gags work, and which aren't funny? Do you think anyone will find any of it funny decades from now, when half of the references will have been forgotten? Do you think the filmmakers care about that? Why or why not? Also, the coach demands that his players start failing class and party more; is that believable? Are sports movies as predictable as this comedy suggests? If so, is that necessarily a bad thing?
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Lives in TexasI rate this title off for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Graphic humor, either you like it or you hate it.
Lives in MassachusettsI rate this title off for age 2 and give it- Lives in MassachusettsI rate this title off for age 13 and give it
not the best but ok
- Lives in TexasI rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
this movie SUCKED
this is the worst excuse for a movie ever whoever made this movie shuld be forsed to apoligise to the inter world for waisting film on this movie.
- Lives in TexasI rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
VERY BAD BUT VERRRY FUNNY!
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