I think it’s a terrific little film.
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The Hammer (2008)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:10
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Crass and curiously low-energy, The Hammer ultimately perseveres as both an above-average sports comedy and a perfect starring vehicle for Carolla.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Mar 21, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $321,579
Synopsis: Jerry Ferro’s 40th birthday has brought his life into sharp relief and it’s not a pretty picture. A once-promising amateur boxer—who quit so he wouldn’t risk his perfect record of... [More]
Reviews for The Hammer
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Top CriticI never would have guessed that Adam Carolla, the politically incorrect radio and TV personality, could hold his own in a movie, but here's The Hammer to prove me wrong.
03/21/08
Top CriticA nearly comatose comedy that spends its time just bum-stumbling along, never putting in the work necessary to land a solid joke or develop a winning character.
03/21/08
Top Critic[Adam] Carolla's grumbly, monotoned, stoop-shouldered pessimism in The Hammer, the first feature he has penned, is actually funny.
03/21/08
Top CriticSo many movies these days are overworked or overblown: The Hammer feels genuinely tossed-off. It isn't a great movie, or even a consistently good one. Yet it gets to elusive feelings about failure and success, hope and mortality.
03/21/08
Top CriticCarolla has a tendency to riff when he should be acting, and the whole project is rambling and disorganized. At the same time, though, The Hammer also has dry wit and unforced working-class swagger, and hits some surprising emotional notes.
03/21/08
Top CriticThe script depends heavily on familiar stand-up comedy bits, but it's full of sharp wisecracks and slacker charm.
03/21/08
Top CriticIt's no classic, but, unlike recent attempts at sports comedy (we're looking at you, Semi-Pro), The Hammer comes through by not seeming to try too hard.
03/20/08
Top CriticThe Hammer isn't going to sneak past Raging Bull in the boxing-movie pantheon (or even Rocky, for that matter). But like its star, it is an underdog you can root for.
03/20/08
Top CriticIf you liked Rocky Balboa you should be in good shape, since it's exactly the same movie, just aimed at a teeny-tiny-bit younger demographic and with an affectless leading man who avoids hambone acting by not acting at all.
03/19/08
Top Critic[Adam] Carolla's gangling charm and improv rhythms nicely loosen up helmer Charles Herman-Wurmfeld's studied setups without ever deviating from the story's solid underlying structure.
03/19/08
Top CriticIt's surprising the film doesn't feature lesbians jumping on trampolines.
03/18/08
Top CriticThe movie benefits from unpretentiousness; it never takes itself too seriously.
03/10/08
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