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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]], co-written, produced by, and starring [[Kevin James]] as a [[biology]] teacher who attempts to save his school's music program by becoming an [[MMA]] fighter. It was also written by [[Allan Loeb]] with music by [[Rupert Gregson-Williams]]. The film co-stars [[Henry Winkler]] and [[Salma Hayek]]. It was produced by [[Happy Madison Productions]]. The film 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 biology teacher at the failing Wilkinson High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/herecomestheboom|title=Here Comes the Boom – Sony Pictures Entertainment|website=www.sonypictures.com|access-date=2019-06-17|archive-date=2019-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617202913/https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/herecomestheboom|url-status=live}}</ref> Budget cutbacks at the school jeopardize the continuation of its music program, which would result in its teacher, Marty Streb, being [[Layoff|laid off]]. Concerned for both his colleague and his students, Scott attempts to raise the $48,000 necessary to keep the music program. He [[:wikt:moonlighting#Noun|moonlights]] as a night instructor for an adult citizenship class, where student Niko requests outside tutoring. When Scott arrives at Niko's apartment, he learns that Niko is a former MMA fighter. While watching the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] at Niko's apartment, Scott learns that the loser of a fight receives $10,000, which gives him the idea of raising the money by fighting and losing in MMA.
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 gains greater amounts of money for the school.
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==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 |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>
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=== Critical reception ===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds a rating of 42% based on 98 reviews, and an average rating of 5/10. 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 |archive-date= April 4, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190404043648/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/here_comes_the_boom/ |url-status= live }}</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]] |access-date= 2019-08-19 |archive-date= 2020-07-29 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200729061337/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/here-comes-the-boom |url-status= live }}</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 |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=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=
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 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><ref name="nypost">{{cite web |date=
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]] |date= 11 October 2012 |access-date= 20 August 2019 |archive-date= 20 August 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190820021048/https://film.avclub.com/here-comes-the-boom-1798174562 |url-status= live }}</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
== Awards and nominations ==
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