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Title: 21 Jump Street (2012)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jonah Hill | ... | Schmidt | |
| Channing Tatum | ... | Jenko | |
| Brie Larson | ... | Molly Tracey | |
| Dave Franco | ... | Eric Molson | |
| Rob Riggle | ... | Mr. Walters | |
| DeRay Davis | ... | Domingo | |
| Ice Cube | ... | Captain Dickson | |
| Dax Flame | ... | Zack | |
| Chris Parnell | ... | Mr. Gordon | |
| Ellie Kemper | ... | Ms. Griggs | |
| Jake Johnson | ... | Principal Dadier | |
| Nick Offerman | ... | Deputy Chief Hardy | |
| Holly Robinson Peete | ... | Officer Judy Hoffs | |
| Johnny Pemberton | ... | Delroy | |
| Stanley Wong | ... | Roman | |
In 2005, Schmidt and Jenko are high school students, one an honor roll geek, the other a cool, athletic underachiever. By 2012, they are rookie cops, paired together, on bike patrol yearning to make arrests. After a screw up, they're sent undercover back to high school to find the source of a dangerous synthetic drug. They mix up their names, and Schmidt gets the no-brainer classes where he auditions for Peter Pan and falls in love with Wendy; Jenko gets AP classes where he falls in with high-achieving dweebs. This second chance at high school gives Schmidt delusions of grandeur, which threaten the operation. Can they sort out their relationship as they stumble onto the bad guys? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
Precursor: I just moved back into town two days ago and had made plans to see one of my old friends tonight. I did not want to see this movie, and wouldn't have under any other circumstances but my friend really wanted to and the tickets were free so I went.
Review itself: This is of no disrespect to Jonah Hill, his fashion of humor or his fans at all, but I, personally have grown tired of what seems to now be a plethora of wanna be Hangover and Superbad's. (The success of Project X seriously worries me...). Anyways, having that mind set approaching tonight and considering the fact I didn't laugh once during the 21 JS trailer, green or red band... I really wasn't expecting all that much out of the experience aside from leaving the house and catching up with a buddy.
But damn.
I honestly thought this movie was great. Yes, there were parts I wasn't fond of... a bit of the dialogue seemed to me to be vulgar strictly for the sake of being vulgar... there was the usual expected Jonah Hill trademarked myriad of penis jokes and one extremely unnecessary shock gag but the majority of the movie was, to me, surprisingly satirical/smart/relevant in today's society, self-aware, and situationally hilarious. Even the dumbest and most profane of this movie's jokes and clichés seemed to know that they were such and were given the proper comedic build up/context to at least warrant a chuckle. This movie had some surprisingly clever dialogue throughout and some of the best supporting characters I've seen in recent comedies (Ice Cube, The Principal, etc..) What really stood out to me though was the editing. 21 Jump Street features some of the most awkwardly humorous camera shot transitions, scene changes and music integration. Despite it's faults, I found this to be a damn hard movie to hate, and would recommend it to anyone looking for a fun weekend movie.
All in all... genuine, clever, vulgar yet respectable comedy with some heart.
IMO a very good career move for both Hill and Tatum.
Stoked for the sequel.