Rating of
3/4
21 Jump Street is a Ton of fun
Looneymanthegreat - wrote on 06/11/14
The gross out comedy bromance has pretty much become its own genre at this point, and its formula is precise. Movies like this usually have two male leads and the two are friends until something comes between them, but at the end they’re friends again. It was great in Superbad, but in recent years it’s gotten a little bit tiresome.
21 Jump Street, I’m happy to say, is able to separate itself apart from most entries in the genre by adding a crime caper and some genuinely hilarious moments in the mix. Sure the bromance breaks up and then re-unites like all the other movies of this kind, but “21” does a good job of making sure the drama services the characters and their journeys.
The crime thriller aspect that keeps the pace of the film from getting laggy improves the story even more. It’s not great, but it’s also not the focus for about half the movie and it keeps the audience guessing.
The work behind the camera is generally so-so, but the actors really give it their all here and make a hilarious entertaining comedy that’s worth checking out for all sorts of gross-out comedy fans.
