Here Comes the Boom
Kevin James is a likable oaf of an actor. He’s not the funniest guy in the room, but he’s good-natured, doesn’t take himself too seriously and has a charming, goofy personality. It worked on TV; it’s worked in a couple of movies before; and it works again in Here Comes the Boom. He plays a high school teacher who, in an effort to save the school’s struggling music program (run by the nicest actor in show business, Henry Winkler), begins a side career as a mixed-martial-arts fighter. You could, in fact, buy the public Kevin James doing something like that. Here Comes the Boom provides James with a role that fits his personality and build; he plays it for laughs, and makes a minor social point. Though far from great, Boom jumps over a low bar with relative ease.
By Colin Boyd
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Credits
Director:
- Frank Coraci
Cast:
- Kevin James
- Salma Hayek
- Henry Winkler
- Greg Germann
- Joe Rogan
- Gary Valentine
- Charice
- Bas Rutten
- Reggie Lee
- Mark DellaGrotte
- Mookie Barker
- Jackie Flynn
- Nikki Tyler-Flynn
- Melissa Peterman
- Thomas Gallagher
- Blaine Stevens
- Jonathan Trautmann
- Germaine DeLeon
Producers:
- Todd Garner
- Kevin James
- Adam Sandler
- Jack Giarraputo
- Jeff Sussman
- Marty P. Ewing
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