Here Comes the Boom (2012)
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 90
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 55
Here Comes the Boom benefits from Kevin James's genial presence but the film doesn't deliver enough laughs to live up to its title -- or enough satisfying plot to make up the difference.
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 20
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 16
Here Comes the Boom benefits from Kevin James's genial presence but the film doesn't deliver enough laughs to live up to its title -- or enough satisfying plot to make up the difference.
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In the comedy Here Comes the Boom, former collegiate wrestler Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a 42-year-old apathetic biology teacher in a failing high school. When cutbacks threaten to cancel the music program and lay off its teacher (Henry Winkler,) Scott begins to raise money by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter. Everyone thinks Scott is crazy - most of all the school nurse, Bella (Salma Hayek) - but in his quest, Scott gains something he never expected as he becomes a sensation that
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Cast
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Kevin James
Scott Voss -
Salma Hayek
Bella, Bella Flores -
Henry Winkler
Marty Streb -
Greg Germann
Principal Betcher -
Joe Rogan
Himself -
Gary Valentine
Eric Voss -
Charice
Malia -
Bas Rutten
Niko -
Reggie Lee
Mr. De La Cruz -
Mark DellaGrotte
Himself, Mark DellaGrot... -
Mookie Barker
Assistant Principal Elk... -
Jackie Flynn
Joe Duffy -
Nikki Tyler-Flynn
Mollie Streb -
Melissa Peterman
Lauren Voss -
Thomas Gallagher
Peter Voss -
Blaine Stevens
Mary Shannon Voss -
J. Michael Trautmann
Derrick -
Germaine De Leon
Martinez -
Steven Ritchie
Brian -
Shelly Desai
Miguel -
Earnestine Phillips
Muba -
Richard Arum
French Man -
Nils Veenstra
Nard -
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John C. Blenn
Bearded Board Member -
Gabriel Ricker
Student in Stairwell -
Evan Reuben
Student Bassist -
Krzysztof Soszynski
Ken Dietrich -
Lenny Clarke
Loud Dietrich Fan -
Ryan Parsons
Dietrich's Cornerman -
Jason "Mayhem" Miller
"Lucky" Patrick Murphy -
Jeff Sussman
Ref at College Gymnasiu... -
Scott Voss
Tattooed Man at Factory -
James Robinson
Fighter at Factory -
Juston McKinney
Ref Factory -
Richie Minervini
Announcer at Factory -
Rafael Cordeiro
Fighter at Pier -
Nick Turturro
Ref at Pier -
Craig Minervini
Announcer at Pier -
Satoshi Ishii
Fighter at Fairgrounds -
Michael Burton
Ref at Fairgrounds -
Mark Munoz
Fighter at Lombardo's -
George Klein
Ref at Lombardo's -
Romulo Barral
Fighter at Horse Arena -
Gino Falsetto
Ref at Horse Arena -
Chael Sonnen
Arguing Fighter -
Natalie Boss
Health Club Receptionis... -
Daniel Guire
Yoga Student -
Joshua Anderson
Man with Guitar -
Odis Spencer
Citizenship Official -
Melchor Menor
Sityodtong Gym Fighter -
Danny Perez
Sityodtong Gym Fighter -
Neil LeGallo
Sityodtong Gym Fighter -
Marie DellaGrotte
Herself
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All Critics (90) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (57) | DVD (3)
Weak humor and vanilla plotting have replaced legitimate drama, pathos, and character development.
Top CriticIt's nice that the hero goes to the mat for what he believes in. But he's not the only thing that comes down with a thud.
It delivers exactly what's expected from a flabby mishmash of high school inspirational tale and Mixed Martial Arts fighting exhibitionism ladled out by Adam Sandler running mate Frank Coraci ...
Here Comes the Boom will probably connect like a haymaker with most of its intended audience. The leads are likeable, and the plot, though beyond incredible, is at the very least distracting.
Why doesn't most of this movie take place in a coma ward?
"Here Comes the Boom" is so full of clichés from other, better movies that it is almost plays like a parody of an underdog tale.
Basically, what you get with "Here Comes the Boom" is a completely unbelievable story that is based on a foundation that doesn't contain the least bit of originality.
It's a wonder that the insultingly awful story is somehow watchable.
A lightweight action-comedy that only tries to entertain, but at least it meets that modest goal. And it knocks out lighter weight comedies like The School of Rock.
The highly likeable Kevin James headlines a highly likeable school/sports comedy lark in which he again plays a lovable oaf.
The 'Mr. Holland's Opus' meets 'Rocky II' story will satisfy some who long for innocuous content, even those who know James deserves better material.
An average made-for-TV-type movie that makes its way onto the big screen, 'Here Comes the Boom' doesn't pack much of a punch.
Now, then. When is Stallone going to start playing a head teacher? Maybe the switch would work the other way...
105 painful minutes of a fat guy getting punched in the face and falling down.
Merely the kind of film that once it's on DVD will end up as necessarily mindless fodder for bench-pressing numbskulls to watch in a gym.
The film aims to be simultaneously a coarse sentimental little-guy comedy, a tale of embracing the American dream, and an increasingly serious underdog fight movie on the lines of Rocky. It fails on all three counts.
Couldn't Kevin have raised the money by selling hard drugs or trafficking underage women? The closing scenes would, under those circumstances, have seemed only marginally less peculiar.
There's nothing here that you haven't seen a dozen times before and done much better.
I went in with rock-bottom expectations and came out pleasantly surprised. It isn't completely awful.
The Wedding Singer's Frank Coraci retains an endearing fondness for funny-faced bit-parts, but it's fundamentally formulaic in construction and mediocre in execution.
A fantasia of hackneyed conceits about education ...
Every now and again a film comes along that could play as a parody of itself with minimal alteration, and 90 per cent of them seem to have some kind of connection to Adam Sandler.
Daft but hard to dislike ...
Surprisingly enjoyable, thanks to strong comic performances, likeable characters and direction that gets the tone exactly right.
Unfortunately, the comedy is strictly from the undercard.
As an undemanding time-passer, Here Comes The Boom just about goes the distance.
Audience Reviews for Here Comes the Boom
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- Miguel: Hey! No pain, no gain!
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- Miguel: I citizen two times!
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- Miguel: So... I citizen?
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- Bella Flores: I'm so sorry about the lamp.
- Scott Voss: It's ok. You can just leave it there.
- Bella Flores: Sorry.
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- Bella Flores: Goodnight Scott.
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- Scott Voss: Yeah this is the weirdest date ever.
Discussion Forum
| Topic | Last Post | Replies |
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| Actually Great!! | 2 months ago | 3 |
| About the plight of the educational system... | 4 months ago | 0 |
| James Berardinelli review | 5 months ago | 0 |
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