Adaptation. vs The Longest Yard
Adaptation. has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.7/10 for The Longest Yard). The Longest Yard is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 1h 55m. Adaptation. is the older of the two (2002 against 2005). Both are comedy, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Adaptation.
The Longest Yard| Adaptation. | The Longest Yard | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 53m |
| Genres | Comedy, Crime, Drama | Comedy, Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Spike Jonze | Peter Segal |
| Main cast | Doug Jones, Jim Beaver, Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour, Nicolas Cage | Terry Crews, Courteney Cox, Nicholas Turturro, James Cromwell, Adam Sandler |
Synopsis
Adaptation.
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
The Longest Yard
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…
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