Kevin James' Here Comes the Boom is a pretty good dramady

Rating: 7/10 (25 October 2012)

Just saw this Kevin James comedy with my movie theatre-working friend. Mr. James usually does lots of slapstick stunts in his movies and he does a few here too but he's actually a bit more subdued as well as his role is that of a high school biology teacher who's trying to raise lots of money to save a fellow instructor's job-that of Henry Winkler's music teacher. Seeing The former Fonz-30 years after "Happy Days"-playing such a different role wasn't so surprising to me as I remember when he played a version of Scrooge named Benedict Slade in "An American Christmas Carol" so long ago on TV. Anyway, like I said, the only time James does some stunts is when he's in the ring fighting to raise the necessary funds for his friend. So while this was not a non-stop hilarious movie, it still had some good amusing moments here and there. Another good turn came from the Filipino singer Charice as a student of his who, yes, does a number near the end. And Salma Hayek is okay as James' love interest. So on that note, Here Comes the Boom gets a recommendation from me.