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Here Comes the Boom

2012 · 105 min

A warm, easygoing underdog comedy where a teacher's scrappy MMA fights are played for laughs and cheers, not bruises.

Directed by: Frank Coraci
Genres: Comedy, Action, Drama
Starring: Kevin James, Salma Hayek Pinault, Henry Winkler

Tagline: No one will fight for his students like Mr. Voss.
Overview: A high school biology teacher moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program.

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Directed by: Frank Coraci
Genres: Comedy, Action, Drama
Starring: Kevin James, Salma Hayek Pinault, Henry Winkler

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: education
found family
ambition
redemption
friendship
Places: school
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: comedy, action, drama
Directed by: Frank Coraci
Written by: Allan Loeb, Kevin James
Starring: Kevin James, Salma Hayek Pinault, Henry Winkler, Greg Germann, Joe Rogan, Gary Valentine, Jake Zyrus, Bas Rutten
Music: Rupert Gregson-Williams
Cinematography: Phil Meheux
Runtime: 105 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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