21 Jump Street
The television series that shot Johnny Depp to stardom makes the leap to the big screen in this reboot starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum) have the kind of faces that could let them pass for teenagers. Eager to prove themselves as effective policemen, the pair join the Jump Street program and go undercover to investigate a high-school drug ring. Now, the only thing more daunting than the prospect of taking on violent adolescent dope slingers is the possibility of experiencing the torture of their teenage years all over again. Ice Cube, Brie Larson, and Rob Riggle co-star.
Director: Christopher Miller
Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum,Ice Cube, Brie Larson, Rob Riggle
Underneath, 21 Jump Street is a riot of risks that pay off, the biggest of which might be handing Tatum funny business.
We have lots of terminology for what happens when two male stars appear to have the platonic hots for each other. The genre is called bromance. The feelings are bromantic. The orientation is bromosexuality. What Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum have in 21 Jump Street scrambles, transcends, and explodes all of that.
Miller and Lord clearly understand the push-and-pull and hyper-competitiveness that make guy friendships both complex and stupid. That it comes to life so fully in 21 Jump Street is what gives the film an endearing, punch-you-in-the-arm-because-I-like-you-man charm.
One of the pleasures of 21 Jump Street is that the screenplay by Michael Bacall and Jonah Hill is happy to point out all of its improbabilities; the premise is preposterous to begin with, and they run with that.
Are we always still in high school in our heads? 21 Jump Street thinks so. And Hill and Tatum are just the crazy-ass comedy team to prove it.
Film Music
BMI Film & TV Awards (2012)
Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Comedy
Casting Society of America (2012)
Best Pre-show Theatrical Advertising
Golden Trailer Awards (2012)
Best Music
MTV Movie Awards (2012)
Favorite Comedic Movie
People's Choice Awards (2013)