Here Comes the Boom

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  • Opened October 12, 2012 
  • 1 hr 45 min
  • PG | Some Rude Humor, Language and Bouts of MMA Sports Violence
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 9+. More on child suitability

  • Once a collegiate wrestler, Scott Voss (Kevin James) is now a 42-year-old, apathetic biology teacher in a failing high school. When cutbacks threaten the school's music program and its teacher (Henry Winkler), Scott springs into action. He dusts off his long-unused wrestling skills and earns money for the program by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter. Though the school nurse (Salma Hayek) thinks he's crazy, Scott gains something he never expected, and the school rallies behind him. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Greg Germann, Joe Rogan
  • Director: Frank Coraci
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy

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Boom!!!!

by apriafan

Movie is good family oriented. Great moral great plot. It is proof that you should never give up never give in. And the awesome part is when they pray and then he wins the next round which is also...

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PG Not So Serious Family Fun...Entertaining.

by Alon Patterson

While the critics weren't particularly impressed, this viewer disagrees with any negative assessment of value here. Sure, the film could have been improved in a couple of ways but it really comes...

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Kevin James is the bomb!

by mattfan12059

This movie was awesome! It was funny, had great action sequences, and some heart in it. Kevin James is fantastic as Scott Voss and so is Salma Hayek as the school's nurse Bella Flores ( who is Scott's...

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Critic Reviews

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Chicago Tribune
| Michael Phillips

Once it gets going and commits to its time-worn inspirational formula, it's not half-bad. Read full review

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USA Today
| Scott Bowles

When the comedy connects, it can deliver with funny force Read full review

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
| Stephen Cole

A farther-fetched fantasy: In addition to asking we believe our loosely packed academic can play Rocky, Here Comes the Boom imagines a world in which butterball Everyman Scott and the fabulously lush Bella (Salma Hayek) might argue and bill and coo and eventually fall in love. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

The pure mechanics of Here Comes the Boom land it in an enjoyable, if forgettable, space. Read full review

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Kevin James and Henry Winkler in "Here Comes the Boom."