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'''''Here Comes the Boom''''' is a 2012 American [[sports comedy]] film directed by [[Frank Coraci]], written by [[Allan Loeb]] and [[Kevin James]], and produced by James and [[Todd Garner]]. It stars James as a [[biology]] teacher who attempts to save his school's music program by becoming an [[MMA]] fighter. The film co-stars [[Henry Winkler]]
Produced by [[Adam Sandler]]'s production company [[Happy Madison Productions]] in association with Garner's Broken Road Productions and James' Hey Eddie, ''Here Comes
==Plot==
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''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 = 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 |access-date = 19 August 2019 |archive-date = 19 August 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190819231116/https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/here-comes-the-boom-1117948520/ |url-status = live }}</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 |access-date=20 August 2019 |archive-date=20 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820021045/https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2012/10/12/james-punches-the-clock-in-here-comes-the-boom |url-status=live }}</ref>
''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'s'' Lisa Schwarzbaum called it "A cloddish, harmlessly drecky comedy from the Sandler factory of crude mush."<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine |date= Oct 11, 2012 |author = Lisa Schwarzbaum |title=Here Comes the Boom |url= https://ew.com/article/2012/10/19/here-comes-boom/ |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</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://
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]] |access-date= 2019-08-20 |archive-date= 2019-08-20 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190820021048/https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2012-10-12/here-comes-the-boom/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
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* {{IMDb title|1648179|Here Comes the Boom}}
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[[Category:Films with screenplays by Allan Loeb]]
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[[Category:English-language sports comedy films]]
[[Category:English-language action comedy films]]
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