I’ve been going to the cinema so much recently I should probably get a Cineworld card or something.. this week I went to see Project X and 21 Jump Street. But I chose to write about the latter because I was pleasantly surprised after seeing it – other than a few people telling me that it was meant to be really funny film, I didn’t know much else about the movie. It features Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum who star as police officers that get sent back to high school undercover to uncover a drug scandal. It seemed like an odd comedic pairing, but it does actually work – I think I was surprised by how funny Channing Tatum actually was since his standard roles are romantic/look-how-attractive-he-is ones like Dear John and The Vow. There is also a surprising cameo from someone, which made me like the film even more, but I won’t spoil that for you.
Anyway it had been a while since I had went to see a comedy at the cinema so it was nice to have everyone around you laughing with you too – nothing is worse than sitting through bad jokes – if you want to be laughing for a whole movie, then this is the one to see. Check out the trailer for it too, luckily it’s not one of those trailers where it ruins all the funny bits so when you go and see it you’re disappointed –
Let’s return to good old RottenTomatoes.com (I’ve bookmarked this along with IMDB!) which actually has a high rating of 85% on the website, with its overall review being:
A smart, affectionate satire of ’80s nostalgia and teen movie tropes, 21 Jump Street offers rowdy mainstream comedy with a surprisingly satisfying bite.
I would definitely agree with this – it’s a film I would happily sit and watch again. The negative feedback seems to come from people commenting on its crude humour – such as Philip French of the Observer commenting that it was “obsessively foul-mouthed” but I reckon that was just nit-picking to find something wrong with such a light-hearted film. All of the listed top critics on the website have given it a positive review so it must be pleasing to the majority of people.
If you’ve seen 21 Jump Street recently, leave a comment and get in touch to let me know what you thought of it. You can also vote in the poll above to choose your favourite recent comedy film – feel free to add your own suggestions too.
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