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* [[Salma Hayek]]
* [[Henry Winkler]]
* [[Greg Germann]]
* [[Joe Rogan]]
* [[Gary Valentine]]
* [[Jake Zyrus]]
* [[Bas Rutten]]
* [[Reggie Lee (actor)|Reggie Lee]]
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| cinematography = [[Phil Méheux]]
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| distributor = [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]
| released = {{Film date|2012|10|12}}
| runtime = 105 minutes<!-- Theatrical runtime: 104:44 --><ref>{{cite web|title=''Here Comes the Boom'' (12A)|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/BFF290190/|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=2012-09-26|access-date=2012-09-28|archive-date=2012-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115085728/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/BFF290190/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $42 million<ref>{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Amy |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-box-office-taken-2-argo-boom-20121011,0,4098204.story |title='Taken 2,' 'Argo' in tight race for No. 1 at weekend box office |work=
| gross = $73.1 million<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=herecomestheboom.htm |title= Here Comes the Boom (2012) |website= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date= 2019-08-18 |archive-date= 2011-03-02 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110302222256/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=herecomestheboom.htm |url-status= live }}</ref>
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'''''Here Comes the Boom''''' is a 2012 American [[sports comedy]] film directed by [[Frank Coraci]],
Produced by [[Adam Sandler]]'s production company [[Happy Madison Productions]] in association with Garner's Broken Road Productions and James' Hey Eddie, ''Here Comes the Boom'' was released in the United States on October 12, 2012, by [[Columbia Pictures]]. The film's title is taken from the song "[[Boom (P.O.D. song)|Boom]]" by [[Christian metal|Christian]] [[nu metal|nu-metal]] band [[P.O.D.]]
==Plot==
Former [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] [[Collegiate wrestling|collegiate wrestler]] Scott Voss is a 42-year-old bored and disillusioned
Scott, helped by Niko and Marty, begins with small unsanctioned bouts paying only $750 to the loser. Niko begins training him in defense, later adding trainer Mark to teach offense, after Scott knocks out opponent "Lucky" Patrick Murray and realizes that wins give larger payouts, needing fewer fights to achieve his goal. While Marty trains with Scott, Malia De La Cruz, one of Scott's students and a band member, helps Niko study for his citizenship test by putting the information into songs. Scott then begins fighting in small MMA fights and gradually
Scott has been pursuing the school nurse, Bella Flores, and they share moments flirting with each other
The publicity of Scott's
In the closing scene, the music program is saved, the school is operating on a normal budget thanks to Scott's donation and Niko and all of the students in Scott's citizenship class attend their American citizenship ceremony.
== Cast ==
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* [[Joe Rogan]] as Himself
* [[Gary Valentine]] as Eric Voss
* [[
* [[Bas Rutten]] as Niko
* Nikki Tyler-Flynn as Mollie Streb
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* [[Melchor Menor]] as Sityodtong Gym Fighter
* [[Lenny Clarke]] as Loud Dietrich Fan
* [[Heather Morris]] as Kaboom Boom Pow
}}
==Production==
Filming began on March 28, 2011, in and around the [[Boston, Massachusetts]], area.<ref>{{cite web |date= 7 June 2011 |last= McNary |first= Dave |title= Melissa Peterman ready for 'Boom' |url= https://variety.com/2011/film/news/melissa-peterman-ready-for-boom-1118038188/ |website= Variety |quote= currently shooting in Boston |access-date= 20 August 2019 |archive-date= 20 February 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140220175727/https://variety.com/2011/film/news/melissa-peterman-ready-for-boom-1118038188/ |url-status= live }}</ref> Filming continued on through May 25, 2011, in [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]] and [[Quincy, Massachusetts]], where it wrapped shortly thereafter, by early June 2011.<ref>{{cite web |date= 10 February 2011 |title= Kevin James headed to Quincy, MA for 'Here Comes The Boom' |url= https://onlocationvacations.com/2011/02/10/kevin-james-headed-to-quincy-ma-for-here-comes-the-boom/ |website= On Location Vacations |access-date= 20 August 2019 |archive-date= 12 February 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110212150936/https://onlocationvacations.com/2011/02/10/kevin-james-headed-to-quincy-ma-for-here-comes-the-boom/ |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Actor Kevin James says old Quincy High had 'great look' for new film |url= http://www.mafilm.org/2012/10/10/actor-kevin-james-says-old-quincy-high-had-great-look-for-new-film/ |website= Massachusetts Film Office |date= 10 October 2012 |access-date= 2019-08-20 |archive-date= 2018-02-25 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180225141502/http://www.mafilm.org/2012/10/10/actor-kevin-james-says-old-quincy-high-had-great-look-for-new-film/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
==
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds a rating of 40% based on 95 reviews, and an average rating of 4.9/10. The website's consensus reads, "''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 {{ndash}} or enough satisfying plot to make up the difference."<ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/here_comes_the_boom/ |title=Here Comes The Boom (2012) |work= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher= [[Fandango Media]] |access-date= January 18, 2019}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a score of 40 out of 100, based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |title= Here Comes the Boom |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/here-comes-the-boom |website=[[Metacritic]] }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 |access-date= 2019-08-19 }}</ref>▼
''USA Today's'' Scott Bowles says the film "telegraphs every punch ... but when the comedy connects, it can deliver with funny force". He says "The film suffers from too many side stories, but it does a nice job capturing the heavyweight battles of everyday folk."<ref name="usatoday">{{cite web |date=Oct 11, 2012 |author= Scott Bowles |author-link= Scott Bowles |title= 'Here Comes the Boom' connects with laughs and heart |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2012/10/11/here-comes-the-boom-movie-review/1610909/ |website=USA TODAY }}</ref> ▼
Michael Phillips of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' writes: "Once it gets going and commits to its time-worn inspirational formula, it's not half-bad."<ref name="chicagotribune">{{cite web |date= October 11, 2012 |last = Phillips |first = Michael | title = A determined teacher enters the Octagon in 'Here Comes the Boom' ★★ 1/2 |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-11/entertainment/sc-mov-1009-here-comes-the-boom-20121011_1_scott-voss-kevin-james-longtime-music-teacher |website= chicagotribune.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140801070141/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-11/entertainment/sc-mov-1009-here-comes-the-boom-20121011_1_scott-voss-kevin-james-longtime-music-teacher |archive-date= 1 August 2014 }}</ref> Neil Genzlinger of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "If you can choke down the implausible notion that the doughy Kevin James would last more than five seconds in a mixed martial arts ring, Here Comes the Boom is a moderately enjoyable, nontaxing sort of comedy."<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web |date= 11 October 2012 |last = Genzlinger |first = Neil |author-link = Neil Genzlinger |title = Kevin James in 'Here Comes the Boom' |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/12/movies/kevin-james-in-here-comes-the-boom.html |website= [[The New York Times]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150925080409/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/12/movies/kevin-james-in-here-comes-the-boom.html |archive-date=2015-09-25 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="nymag">{{cite web |date=Oct 14, 2012 |author=Bilge Ebiri |author-link= Bilge Ebiri |title=Here Comes the Boom: A 'Laugh at the Chubby Guy' Movie, Sans the Laughs |url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/10/movie-review-here-comes-the-boom.html |website=www.vulture.com |publisher=New York Magazine |quote= doesn't quite work as a comedy (it's not particularly funny), or a drama (it's not particularly poignant )}}</ref>▼
John Anderson of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine wrote: "Hands of stone meet heads of air in Here Comes the Boom, a sports story so daffy it may as well star Kevin James." He called the film "a triumph of recycling" comparing it to [[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]. Anderson is critical of the different clashing tones of the film, but calls the characters likable, and writes the "violence adds a frisson of tension to the pic’s mix of grappling, romance and anemic social critique."<ref name="variety">{{cite web |date= 10 October 2012 |last = Anderson |first = John |title = Here Comes the Boom |url = https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/here-comes-the-boom-1117948520/ |website = Variety }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=12 October 2012 |author=Janice Page |author-link=Janice Page |title= James punches the clock in 'Here Comes the Boom' |url= https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2012/10/12/james-punches-the-clock-in-here-comes-the-boom |website= Boston.com }}</ref>▼
''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'s'' Lisa Schwarzbaum called it "A cloddish, harmlessly drecky comedy from the Sandler factory of crude mush."<ref name="ew">{{cite web |date= Oct 11, 2012 |author = Lisa Schwarzbaum |title=Here Comes the Boom |url= https://ew.com/article/2012/10/19/here-comes-boom/ |website= [[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref><ref name="nypost">{{cite web |date= 12 October 2012 |last=Lumenick |first=Lou |title=Lower the 'Boom' |url=https://nypost.com/2012/10/12/lower-the-boom/ |website=[[New York Post]] }}</ref>▼
Nathan Rabin of [[The A.V. Club]] wrote: "Here Comes The Boom seems to have made it from the pitch stage - Kevin James does MMA to save his school or something! - to the big screen without an iota of inspiration, ambition, or personality seeping in at any juncture."<ref name="avclub">{{cite web |last= Rabin |first= Nathan |title= Here Comes The Boom |url= https://film.avclub.com/here-comes-the-boom-1798174562 |website= [[The A.V. Club]] }}</ref>▼
Marc Savlov of the ''[[Austin Chronicle]]'' wrote: ""Here Comes the Bomb" would've been a more fitting title, but props to Henry Winkler for rising to the occasion and turning in a sweet, idealistic performance in a film that otherwise feels like a tawdry commercial for the UFC and MMA."<ref>{{cite web |date= Oct 17, 2012 |author= Marc Savlov |author-link = Marc Savlov |title= Movie Review: Here Comes the Boom |url= https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2012-10-12/here-comes-the-boom/ |website= [[Austin Chronicle]] }}</ref>▼
===Box office===▼
In its opening weekend, the movie earned $11.8 million in the domestic box office and ended its box office run with $73 million worldwide.<ref name="numbers" />▼
''Here Comes the Boom'' was chosen as one of ten best films for family audiences by the 21st Annual Movieguide Awards on February 15, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://magnustoday.net/2013/02/boom-10-films-family-audiences/ |title=Here Comes The Boom Is One Of 10 Best Films For Family Audiences |publisher=magnustoday.net |date=2013-02-16 |access-date=2013-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304221449/http://magnustoday.net/2013/02/boom-10-films-family-audiences/ |archive-date=2013-03-04 }}</ref>▼
▲* "[[Holly Holy]]" – versions by [[Neil Diamond]] and [[Charice]] are heard in the film
* "[[Upside Down (A-Teens song)|Bouncing off the Ceiling (Upside Down)]]" by [[A-Teens]]
* "[[Joker & the Thief]]" by [[Wolfmother]]
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* "Doin' It Right (Delta Mix)" by [[Steve Azar]]
==
DVD was released in [[DVD region code#1|Region 1]] in the United States on February 5, 2013, and also Region 2 in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2013, it was distributed by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]].
==Reception==
▲===Box office===
▲In its opening weekend, the movie earned $11.8 million in the domestic box office and ended its box office run with $73 million worldwide.<ref name="numbers" />
=== Critical reception ===
▲On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds a rating of
▲''USA Today's'' Scott Bowles says the film "telegraphs every punch ... but when the comedy connects, it can deliver with funny force". He says, "The film suffers from too many side stories, but it does a nice job capturing the heavyweight battles of everyday folk."<ref name="usatoday">{{cite web |date= Oct 11, 2012 |author= Scott Bowles |author-link= Scott Bowles |title= 'Here Comes the Boom' connects with laughs and heart |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2012/10/11/here-comes-the-boom-movie-review/1610909/ |website= USA TODAY |access-date= August 20, 2019 |archive-date= August 20, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190820022547/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2012/10/11/here-comes-the-boom-movie-review/1610909/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
▲Michael Phillips of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' writes: "Once it gets going and commits to its time-worn inspirational formula, it's not half-bad."<ref name="chicagotribune">{{cite web |date= October 11, 2012 |last = Phillips |first = Michael | title = A determined teacher enters the Octagon in 'Here Comes the Boom' ★★ 1/2 |url=
▲John Anderson of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine wrote: "Hands of stone meet heads of air in Here Comes the Boom, a sports story so daffy it may as well star Kevin James." He called the film "a triumph of recycling" comparing it to ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]''. Anderson is critical of the different clashing tones of the film, but calls the characters likable, and writes the "violence adds a frisson of tension to the pic’s mix of grappling, romance and anemic social critique."<ref name="variety">{{cite web |date
▲''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'s'' Lisa Schwarzbaum called it "A cloddish, harmlessly drecky comedy from the Sandler factory of crude mush."<ref name="ew">{{cite
▲Nathan Rabin of [[The A.V. Club]] wrote: "Here Comes The Boom seems to have made it from the pitch stage - Kevin James does MMA to save his school or something! - to the big screen without an iota of inspiration, ambition, or personality seeping in at any juncture."<ref name="avclub">{{cite web |last= Rabin |first= Nathan |title= Here Comes The Boom |url= https://
▲Marc Savlov of the ''[[Austin Chronicle]]'' wrote: ""Here Comes the Bomb" would've been a more fitting title, but props to Henry Winkler for rising to the occasion and turning in a sweet, idealistic performance in a film that otherwise feels like a tawdry commercial for the UFC and MMA."<ref>{{cite web |date= Oct 17, 2012 |author= Marc Savlov |author-link
== Awards and nominations ==
▲''Here Comes the Boom'' was chosen as one of ten best films for family audiences by the 21st Annual Movieguide Awards on February 15, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://magnustoday.net/2013/02/boom-10-films-family-audiences/ |title=Here Comes The Boom Is One Of 10 Best Films For Family Audiences |publisher=magnustoday.net |date=2013-02-16 |access-date=2013-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304221449/http://magnustoday.net/2013/02/boom-10-films-family-audiences/ |archive-date=2013-03-04 }}</ref>
==References==
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* {{official website|https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/herecomestheboom}}
* {{IMDb title|1648179|Here Comes the Boom}}
* {{mojo title|herecomestheboom|Here Comes the Boom}}
* {{rotten tomatoes|here_comes_the_boom|Here Comes the Boom}}
* {{
{{Frank Coraci}}
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