Das Schwergewicht
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 40% based on 95 reviews, and an average rating of 4.9/10. The website's consensus reads, ""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." On Metacritic the film has a score of 40 out of 100, based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade A on scale of A to F.