Here Comes the Boom
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: October 12, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
19
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
New York PostLou LumenickOct 14, 2012
Low on raunch but even lower on laughs. It also looks like half the lighting crew failed to show up. Read full review
38
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsOct 12, 2012
Loud, incoherent and unfunny, Here Comes the Boom is the sound of American culture imploding. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubNathan RabinOct 10, 2012
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. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovOct 17, 2012
"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. Read full review
0
Slant MagazineChris CabinOct 11, 2012
As a comedy, the film aims low and manages to miss the mark entirely. Read full review
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