The Hammer (film)

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The Hammer

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Produced by Eric Ganz
Written by Adam Carolla
Kevin Hench
Starring Adam Carolla
Heather Juergensen
Music by Matt Mariano
John Swihart
Cinematography Marco Fargnoli
Editing by Rich Fox
Release date(s) Tribeca Film Festival in April, 2007, DVD June 24, 2008
Country United States
Language English
Official website
Allmovie profile
IMDb profile
On location in San Fernando Valley
On location in San Fernando Valley

The Hammer is a comedy film starring Adam Carolla and Heather Juergensen. Carolla portrays Jerry Ferro, a retired amateur boxer. Approaching forty, Ferro is unsatisfied with his life as a construction worker and part-time boxing instructor in Los Angeles. After a successful bout with a young pro boxer, Ferro decides to don the gloves one last time. The movie recounts his unlikely quest for Olympic gold. Along the way he receives encouragement from his friend and co-worker, Oswaldo Sánchez (Oswaldo Castillo), and love interest Lindsay Pratt (Juergensen). Ferro’s life is based on Adam Carolla’s real experiences as a construction worker in L.A.

The Hammer was conceived by Adam Carolla and writer Kevin Hench. It was directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld and independently produced by Eden Wurmfeld, reuniting the team that created the 2001 independent hit Kissing Jessica Stein. Filming was completed in late July of 2006.

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[edit] Release

The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, 2007.[1] and received a positive review in Variety. The Hammer was also presented at the Victoria Film Festival in February of 2008 and received the Audience Favourite Award. [2] The film opened nationwide in the United States on March 21, 2008.[3]

The movie grossed $97,137 on 20 screens in its first week (March 21-23, 2008)[4].

In its second week (March 28-30, 2008), the film expanded to 34 theaters and had box office totals of $104,803.

The movie released on DVD (June 24, 2008).

[edit] Critical reception

The Hammer received mostly positive from critics. As of March 21, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 73% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 22 reviews.[1] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 57 out of 100, based on 12 reviews.[2] The movie has been widely catogorized as a 'tweener' [3] which refers to a genre that doesn't fit into any particular category. Adam Carolla has scoffed at this as a critique and has pointed out that it can be a very positive thing.

[edit] Controversy

The movie received an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America despite the fact that there are only two times in which the f-word is said. This has been alluded to on the Adam Carolla Show as recently as April 2, 2008. This movie got a PG in Canada.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Hammer Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
  2. ^ Hammer, The (2008): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
  3. ^ The Hammer - The Sports Comedy is Back!. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.

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