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here comes another bad kevin james movie


Hes so good on king of queens, why cant he make a good movie?

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Because he is -- and always will be -- pure TV. He can't carry a movie.

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Yea, it's such a shame though, id love to see him in a good movie. I guess it works both ways though, for instance I'll bet if Adam Sandler had his own sitcom it'd probably suck. You cant be good at everything

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Paul Blart did well at the box office and Here Comes the Boom was quite good.


How much longer do I have to wait?

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Paul Blart was mediocre, and I actually havent seen this movie yet so I have no right to judge it, I just assumed it was as bad as the rest. I mean im not saying that his movies are terrible, likebtge lastbfew Adam Sandler atrocities, I just think he could do better, I mean it's Doug Heffernan, I figured he could make at least one hilarious movie

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You should give this one a chance. The trailers were terribly misleading. All the stupid crazy slapstick stuff in the movie was shown in the trailers; it's not that kind of movie.

I can understand why someone watching the trailer would think it was just like Zookeeper, or Grown-Ups, or Jack and Jill, etc., but it really is nothing like those movies.

My only complaint is that there were a few unnecessary over-the-top cheesy/silly moments in the third act, but the first 2/3 of the film is very solid, IMO.

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Well considering the fact that I just watched Thats My Boy and was ridiculously surprised at how decent it was (the jokes not the plot, the plot was obviously horrible) I'll take a chance on this, when it comes on the movie channels

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This one was actually good. I think Kevin James' bet movie is I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. His best work is the King of Queens.

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*best

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This is exactly what I thought before hesitantly watching this movie. I was pleasantly surprised with this :) I am very critical when it comes to the quality of movies, and I have to give this movie a passing grade. It could have been better in some areas, but overall it is a very well made movie.

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It's not a good movie, but it's one of Happy Madison's better ones. I actually find the big lug pretty likeable when he isn't doing his fat guy schtick. Can he carry a movie? No, but he has playing the role of Kevin James down to an art form.

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He isn't good on King of Queens - he SUCKS on there...

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Actually, this ended up being a good Kevin James movie. It's the least like the rest of his cheesy slapstick humor, though apparently trailers frame the movie as that (I haven't seen the trailers).

I think stuff like Paul Blart is horrendous, whereas this was great.

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This thread is almost 4 years old. Kevin James has come out with like 2 more bad movies and a horrendous television show since then lol

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I knew it was old when I replied, haha. But I only just saw the movie today and liked it, so it stood out.

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Yeah it has it's moments. He was kind of decent in Pixels too. Kevin Can Wait looks like a god damn travesty though lol

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