I really wanted to like this movie, as its premise had promise. Two young, attractive, successful African Americans from differing socio-economic backgrounds come together, but because of these markedly different backgrounds, misunderstandings arise. This in itself was enough to build the movie on, class warfare, social climbing, the difficulties of dating in the Black community, but all of these very relevant issues get thrown under the bus in favor of totally implausible melodrama. Where there was real room for exploration about how African Americans discriminate between the haves and have nots, white collar versus blue collar, the movie is hijacked by a plot line so completely hard to believe, and frankly, stupid, that there is no coming back to anything sensible. That the movie then gets all tied up in a neat little bow after all is said and done is just a further insult to one's intelligence. I am sorry to say it, but run away from this movie.
Review of Jumping the Broom
