AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

richieandsam THE CALCIUM KIDI didn't really know what to make of this film at first. I was really hoping it was not trying to be a British version of Rocky... it wasn't which is all good.The movie is about a beginner boxer who spas with the world champion contender and accidentally breaks the number one contenders hand... all of a sudden he is put up for the championship match... even though he has never had a fight in his life.This is a comedy and it is funny in places, but it could have been funnier. There were a few moments which made me laugh out loud. It has a typical British humour to it which sometimes can be a bit too much, but for this it worked really well. The film makers didn't put a load of Americans trying their best to do a British accent. They used English actors.The story was really good. I was looked for nods to Rocky all the way through the movie and saw none. The ending also was really well done. I was expecting the typical ending to these kinds of movies, but the ending to this really threw me off of the scent and I didn't see it coming.The acting was really good throughout. Orlando Bloom proved he can act in comedies and actually has a goo comedy face. I think he could shake off the LOTR and POTC typecasting and really do well if he chooses the right roles. Other cast members which were really good were Omid Djalili and Billie Piper. But my favourite character was played by Rafe Spall who played Stan. A brilliant comedy performance.This is a boxing movie with very little boxing in it, but the story carries it along very well. It is worth a watch if you like this kind of thing... but don't expect a lot of sport.I will give this film 6 out of 10."Your timing's rotten, mate. I've got me bird over. I'm getting me nuts wet."For more reviews, please like my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204

holliss24 This "film" is a direct rip off of Danny Kaye's The Kid From Brooklyn, which is an absolutely wonderful movie. The Calcium Kid doesn't even give credit to the original film, it just butchers it with plot holes and cheap pretentious laughs. I adore Orlando Bloom just like any other girl, but this is not one of his best or funnier movies. He is great, but this film falls completely flat. Trying to redo a Danny Kaye picture was a terrible idea as he is the master of comedy IMHO. This movie has some great actors, but as I said before, they completely and utterly butchered the original and without giving any credit to the original. Don't waste your time on this and watch the original with Danny Kaye.

Jackson Booth-Millard I had heard a little about this film when it was in cinemas, it was a sort of star vehicle for the rising star of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, but it was loathed by the critics. Basically this is a Mockumentary focusing on the rise to fame for English milkman turned boxer Jimmy Connelly (Orlando Bloom). He "accidently" knocks down the champion of the boxing club being a stand-in partner, this champion was due to face American boxing world champion Jose Mendez (Crash's Michael Peña). So sleazy boxing manager Herbie Bush (Omid Djalili) decides to pit this unknown milkman against the champ, and in preparation he starts training with Irish coach Paddy O'Flannagan (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's David Kelly). Jimmy, or 'The Calcium Kid', just goes along with everything crook-like Bush wants, and there is obviously when everything goes low, but the big fight does come around, and I can't be bothered to remember the result. Also starring Kidulthood's Rafe Spall (Timothy's son) as Stan Parlour, Tamer Hassan as Pete Wright, Godzilla's Michael Lerner as Artie Cohen, Ronni Ancona as Pat Connelly, Billie Piper as Angel, Green Wing's Mark Heap as Sebastian Gore-Brown, Peter Serafinowicz as Dave King, Frank Bruno and Chris Eubank. Think of it as the British equivalent of Rocky, the only difference being that this film bores you to death, you don't care about the lead character or supporting, there are no good jokes, and it is predictable and uninteresting story. It is one of the most boring films I have ever seen, even though I stuck with it, it is still one of those films I wish I'd turned off, and a true failure of a sports comedy. Poor!

missybloom11377 OK.... i don't care what anyone says.... this is an awesome movie...mainly because Orlando Bloom <3 is in it - and his shirt is off in it!!!! He is like the hottest actor ever... i guess you can say I'm obsessed... thats why i like this movie so much... anything with him in it is great!.. OK i guess ill just ramble because i can't enter this until i write 5 more lines... I'm jealous of Kate Bosworth... she is so pretty and she gets Orlando as a boyfriend... doesn't get much better than that!!.. Orlando was really good in the movie Ned Kelly too... its a sad movie, but its so good, plus Heath Ledger is in it too, so you get two helpings of hottness!.. OK this is ten lines so I'm done!.. hope this helped!