Here Comes the Boom
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  • Starring: Henry Winkler, Kevin James, Salma Hayek
  • Summary: Former collegiate wrestler, Scott Voss, 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 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 – but in his quest, Scott gains something he never expected as he becomes a sensation that rallies the entire school. (Columbia Pictures (Sony))… Expand

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 19
  3. Negative: 3 out of 19
  1. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Scott Bowles
    Oct 11, 2012
    63
    When the comedy connects, it can deliver with funny force
  2. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Amy Nicholson
    Oct 11, 2012
    60
    Like James in the ring, it doesn't pack a lot of power, but it comes out swinging and sweats for applause.
  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Joe Williams
    Oct 12, 2012
    38
    Loud, incoherent and unfunny, Here Comes the Boom is the sound of American culture imploding.

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