Review of Here Comes the Boom (2012) by Amy E — 22 Feb 2013

Cute movie! Shoulda known who the villain was, there are no French horns in marching band! ;).

This review of Here Comes the Boom (2012) was written by Amy E on 22 Feb 2013.

Here Comes the Boom has generally received mixed reviews.

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The way James, Rutten, and Winkler connect is engaging and amusing, and Here Comes the Boom is moderately successful on that chemistry alone…

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I like keven james hes VERY FUNNY!! yeah! YAYAYAAYAYYAAAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAAYATYaa6yaya…

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Here Comes the Boom 10 Scale Rating: 6.0 (Decent)…

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