The Hammer (2007)
Storyline
Approaching forty, Ferro is unsatisfied with his life as a construction worker and part-time boxing instructor in Los Angeles, CA. 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.
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75
It's genuinely funny, oddly romantic and surprisingly engaging for what could easily have been an obnoxious vanity project.
75
The Hammer benefits from Carolla's low-energy, low-impact style. He doesn't so much deliver quips as let them dribble out the side of his mouth.
63
The script depends heavily on familiar stand-up comedy bits, but it's full of sharp wisecracks and slacker charm.
60
Variety
This inordinately likable and consistently funny boxing saga-cum-romantic comedy doesn't so much ridicule the "Rocky"-type inspirational sports fable as gently deflate its heroic overdrive.
60
The film hardly could be credited with breaking any new ground, but it has a hangdog charm, much like its leading actor.
