It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

This is an indicator of what is wrong in America. The story states that a fat, lazy, old teacher can win a fight against a professional sportsman. I am not a fan of MMA fighting but I do know that it takes effort and dedication to be the top in any endeavour. What this film says is that if your intensions are "noble". It does not matter about hard work. All this film does, is teach people that you dont have to work hard for your goals.

If you want a funny and entertaining movies with some good characters and good moments, you could certainly do a lot worse. This is a classic rags-to-riches sports movie that follows a fairly common formula of an underdog rising up to take on a big challenge. However, unlike many other sports movies, we are not meant to like the main character from the beginning. Kevin James' character is shown right away as an example of everything that is wrong with being an uncaring educator. He then realizes the err of his ways and tries to find redemption, and that is when the story takes off.The premise of him fighting to raise money for a noble cause is great. But you really need to suspend reality for the story to make any sense at all. First of all, schools do not accept donations for pay for a single teacher's salary. And if they did, that means Kevin James needs to keep donating his fighting profits for the rest of Henry Winkler's career to really make a different. And it is not just Winkler's job that is about to be axed, it is the entire music program. So just raising money for one man's job will be a drop in the bucket.Another ridiculous part of the movie is when Joe Rogan (playing himself) has the whole band flown out to play a one-minute song for the match. Hey Joe, this is a financially strapped school about to lose its music program. If you want to make a difference, don't fly out every member for a tiny performance. Donate that money to the school! Maybe I am a cynic, but that really bothered me.While those parts of the movie were ridiculous, the overall experience really is quite good. Obviously your expectations coming into this movie would be to just enjoy yourself and have some laughs for 90 minutes. In that respect, this movie delivers.

I hated Kevin James, until i saw this. I have watched it 7 times in 2 weeks. All i can say is this is so well made, and the story line is amazing. Every single character is likable and you find yourself glued to it. My 4 year old son sits on my knee every-time we watch the final fight. If you can predict the ending, then congratulations because i didn't and i was very pleasantly surprised. My favorite movie right now. I am old so i remember Henry Wrinkler from Happy Days. He just gets better and better as he gets older. If anyone knows him you will see how great he is in this film. He holds it together, but Kevin James absolutely shines. This guy went from annoying the crap out of me to being my hero, simply from this film.

Here Comes the Boom is a good, light-hearted film that offers up some quality family-time entertainment. It's very clichéd and predictable but the charm of Kevin James is to hard to resist and it has a good number of laughs. It's also a feel-good film that has the main theme of doing anything you possibly can to help others or institutions in need. The fighting matches are well-choreographed and worth watching despite some predictable outcomes.Frank Coraci's film is about a schoolteacher named Scott Voss who decides to participate in the UFC in order to raise money to save his friend's and fellow teacher's music program.The acting isn't too bad in the film. Kevin James is very charming here and has persona you can't resist. Of course he does the usual "fat guy gets punched constantly" cliché, but it still was entertaining. Salma Hayek is good as Jame's love interest and I kind of liked the romantic interplay between these two. Finally, Henry Winkler does a good job and is often quite funny.Overall, Here Comes the Boom is a solid family flick that has some cool UFC fighting scenes. It's predictable but it's charming enough to be forgiven. It has several funny jokes, especially regarding the issue of American citizenship. I must say when the movie was over, I was in a good mood because of this film. A charming, entertaining film. I rate this film 8/10.