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 -- or enough satisfying plot to make up the difference.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Frank Coraci -
Producer -
Todd Garner , Kevin James -
Screenwriter -
Allan Loeb , Kevin James -
Distributor -
Sony Pictures -
Production Co -
Hey Eddie , Happy Madison Productions , Broken Road , Columbia Pictures -
Rating -
PG (Language|Bouts of MMA Sports Violence|Some Rude Humor) -
Genre -
Comedy , Action -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 12, 2012, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Sep 7, 2014 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$45.3M -
Runtime -
1h 44m -
Sound Mix -
Dolby Digital , Datasat , SDDS