Angelus2 Jimmy is a milkman who knocks the contender for the world championship belt out....So Herbie the boxing promoter decides that Jimmy is the next great one...And so Jimmy's journey to greatness begins, in this slapstick comedy.The film has its moments with some great lines from Omid Djalili, who takes on a more pivotal role in this film as the scheming and sometimes completely idiotic coach...While Bloom puts a good solid performance as the 'Happy-Go-Lucky' kid... I thought the end boxing match was a little odd..They could have had an actual fight scene... But all in all loved the documentary side to the film...Hilarious!

Gordon-11 This film is about a milkman being chosen to stand in in the world championship boxing fight.The dialogs are bad. The acting is so over the top. In every single scene, things are done in such an exaggerated way that it becomes unbelievable. The plot is ridiculous that only a kid would find it interesting. The jokes are not even funny. The only entertaining scene in the film is the performance of a hip hop version of the British national anthem, which is actually rather good. It goes down as an embarrassment to Orlando Bloom's portfolio. This film is so ridiculous that it is no wonder that it is not surprise that it went straight to DVD in most countries.

T_S_LOVE After playing several supporting roles in big blockbuster movies (or rather cameos, as in the Lord of the Rings movies), this was Orlando Bloom's first starring role (in a low budget movie) as well as his first "funny" part (except for those which where unintentionally funny, i.e. "Ned Kelly"), and from what I've read, I expected a cute little movie. You cannot imagine my disappointment!Bloom's acting was just as wooden as always, but this time he had to carry the entire movie. "The Calcium Kid" is a comedy without *any* funny scenes or lines, it's badly written, and fine supporting actors and actresses try their best to save the sinking ship. The direction was practically non-existent; maybe many mistakes wouldn't have happened if the director had a wee bit more experience?

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!