Our family loves this movie!!! It’s so refreshing to come across a movie that the entire family can enjoy together, without having to fast forward past a bunch of swearing and inappropriate scenes for children. This movie is so much fun, tells a great story, and is hilarious!

I know this is supposed to be a comedy, but it's also surprisingly inspiring! Scott Voss (Kevin James) is the jaded high school biology teacher who decides that he wants to save the job of music teacher Marty Streb (Henry Winkler) by earning money on the side in pro-wrestling bouts. The casting is overall excellent, including beautiful school nurse Bella Flores (Selma Hayek) and Malia (Charice Pempengco) as the Filipino student who sings the Neil Diamond song "Holly Holy" right before the big fight in Las Vegas (in my opinion the inspirational high point of this film!) The story is not exactly 'Rocky,' but it still packs a solid punch! An enjoyable watch!

Liked all of it.

I am not a big fan of MMA, nor the main actor, but this is really a good, Family Friendly movie.
Sometimes I even tear up.
It & Romance on the High Seas are my 20 yr old daughter's favorite movies.

I metaphorically rolled the die and decided to go with outright purchasing Here Comes The Boom film and I am very glad that I did. Here Comes The Boom film features the character of Scott Voss (Kevin James) who is a caring teacher towards his students and is faced with great odds that he steps up to overcome once he finds out that how well the school he teaches at does financially might also indirectly impact the livelihood of his friend and colleague Marty Streb (Henry Winkler) who he admires professionally and as a friend. Scott Voss is also inspired in a different way by his other colleague Bella Flores (Salma Hayek) who plays hard to get though to be fair she also often helps him in some professional way when he asks for her help in some form. At first Scott Voss is far from certain what he is going to do to both help save andor boost the school financially andor help save his friend’s job until a life changing encounter of an adult student named Niko (Bas Ruten) who Voss meets at a class that he teaches shows him an idea being at first far from aware that he (Niko) is inspiring an idea. There is more I am tempted to say though I want to be considerate of others viewing this review who might want to see the film for themselves.

It is farfetched that an overweight 42 year old who did wrestling in the WWE and win. But it is for a great cause to save the music department in the high school and Henry Winkler keep his job. Nothing intellectual about this movie or ground breaking cinema. This is strictly for fun entertainment and the kids would like with a warm and fuzzy ending.

You've been doing the same job for most of your adult life and stopped making an effort a decade ago. Then you hear the news that someone who's been doing the job even longer and still makes an effort is about to be fired. Do you let it happen?

Scott Voss (played by Kevin James) is a 42 year-old biology teacher. Ten years ago, he was given a Teacher of the Year award but when we join the story, he's sleeping late, making little or no effort in the classroom and seen as an embarrassment by the principal, Mr. Betcher (played by Greg Germann). When Betcher (Germann) catches him sneaking into class late via the classroom window, he gives Voss parking lot duty and strips him of a vacation day. Rather than accept more work that he's in no way interested in doing, he tries to find someone to fill in for him. His colleague, Marty, the music teacher (played by Henry Winkler) is more than willing to assume the responsibility but also a little shaken by the news that his wife is pregnant. Later, at a school board budget meeting, he's given the even more troubling news that thanks to budget problems, the music program is in jeopardy. Voss, despite his long-standing apathy, offers to raise money to save the music program and his colleague's job. He resumes the job of teaching citizenship classes in night school but sees that the wages would make it near-impossible to earn the money in time. One of his students, Niko (played by Bas Rutten) asks for additional tutoring and Voss agrees, reluctantly. It is during a tutoring session at Niko's apartment that Voss, who wrestled in college, sees a mixed martial arts match, learns that the loser was paid $10,000, and decides he can raise the money by joining this very punishing sport.

Now, the last Kevin James movie that I saw in theaters was Zookeeper. I wasn't impressed. I won't say that Here Comes the Boom was impressive, but it was easily a step up from Zookeeper. Also, naming the movie after what would eventually become the main character's theme song isn't particularly creative. Still, I was entertained. Watching an overweight 42 year-old enter the ring and take serious punishment over and over...and over was hilarious and watching the effect his decision to make an effort had, not just on him but on the entire cast of characters, was bizarrely uplifting. I don't imagine James or any of his co-stars will receive awards for their work in this film, but I liked it and you might too.

This movie is about a former college wrestler Scott Voss ( Kevin James) now a 42 year old Biology school teacher at Wilkinson High School and when budget cuts at the school threaten the continuation of its music program which would result in Marty ( Henry Wrinkler ) music teacher being laid off who's wife is expecting Scott Voss K. J concern for his colleges and students attempts to raise $ 48.000 thou required to keep the music program alive gets a part time job as a citizenship class instructor and there meets Niko( Bas Rutten )who approaches K.J & asks for outside tutoring , K.J Voss said no than changed his mind & agrees and when he arrives at Niko's apartment realizes & see's all the pictures of Niko was a former mixed martial arts ( MMA ) fighter and while watching an U F C main event Voss K.J learns that the loser of the fight earns $ 10.000 thou which gives him the idea of raising the money by fighting in MMA himself & at first begins fighting in small venues & getting knocked around and everyone thinks he's crazy for doing so especially the local school nurse Bella Flores ( Salma Hayek ) till he finally wins a few events & raising money for the school and one was against Jason Miller host of Bully Beat Down as Lucky Patrick Murray , Voss K. J hands all the winnings to the trusted school teacher and when one of the MMA fighters cancels at the MGM Las Vegas Niko & Voss finally get a break at a main event and when Voss K.J learns the entrusted teacher has been stealing all the winnings including money from the school he fights to win against Krzyfsztof Soszynski as Ken Dietrich .

At the beginning of the film Voss K.J is running late to teach his first class riding a motorcycle wearing boots and when he claims through the window because he was locked out and enters the class he's wearing sneakers o running shoes .

I only watch main event Boxing but do make an exception for some UFC's and This is a funny feel good movie with a good picture sound and some of the best MMA personalities a PG film approx 144.55 .