Adam Carolla,
Oswaldo Castillo,
Harold House Moore,
Jonathan Hernandez,
Heather Juergensen
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Jerry Ferro's 40th birthday has brought his life into sharp relief and it's not a pretty picture. A once-promising amateur boxer -- who quit so he wouldn't risk his perfect record of underachievement ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 24, 2008
Stats: 515 reviews
This was better than I thought it would be. The funniest scene was when he was all taped up to box and then had to pee.
The ratty old pick-up truck with the bungee cord on the door made me laugh!
I love my Adam. Not just that. I love that it was a low budget film, yet it still told a beautiful story.
Adam Carolla plays a boxer turned contractor turned boxer in this comedy that turned out to be better than you expect- just not by much.
Carolla's character, Jerry Ferro, happens to fall into the quest to become a member of the 2008 Olympic boxing team: at the age of 40.
With a f...( read more)
Prepare to be pleasantly surprised.
This movie was really so much better than I expected that it almost earned higher than four stars for being such a sleeper gem.
Adam Carolla, not particularly well-known for being subtle or sensitive shows a facet of his talent that, until no...( read more)
I'm a fan of Adam Carolla. Many of his lines in this are funny, the rest is just a mostly predictable story, and low budget "advanced film" feel.
An outstanding, well-written sleeper comedy. Adam Corolla surprises with a very funny and quick-witted performance.
Pretty goofy and non-sensical. That's why I loved it! Adam Carolla is hysterical
CLEVER DIALOGUES
SUPERB MONOLOGUES
VERY NICE CAST
SIMPLE DIRECTED
AND LOTS OF SUBTEXT.
So many movies these days are overworked or overblown: The Hammer feels genuinely tossed-off. It isn't a great movie, or even a consistently good one. Yet it gets to elusive feelings about failure and... full review
The script depends heavily on familiar stand-up comedy bits, but it's full of sharp wisecracks and slacker charm. full review
Remaking Rocky Balboa as a comedy isn't a half-bad idea; remaking it as a comedy starring Adam Carolla, the dreadfully unfunny former host of Loveline and The Man Show, most certainly is a terrible one. full review
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