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Jump Tomorrow
IFC Films
MPAA RATING: PG for thematic material, mild sensuality and language.
Starring
Tunde Adebimpe,
Hippolyte Girardot,
Natalia Verbeke,
James Wilby,
Patricia Mauceri,
Isiah Whitlock Jr.,
Kaili Vernoff,
and
Gene Ruffini
George, a shy and introverted young man from Nigeria, is following tradition leading to an arranged marriage. He meeets and falls in love with a beautiful girl, who is also about to be married, and begins to question his future.
| GENRE(S): |
Romance
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Joel Hopkins
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Joel Hopkins
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 16, 2003
Theatrical: July 6, 2001
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
97 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK / USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
90
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
The silliness of Jump Tomorrow takes your breath away, and I mean that as high praise.

80
New Times (L.A.)
Luke Y. Thompson
The acting is superb across the board, especially from Adebimpe.

80
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Transcendently kitschy, trippingly funny fairy tale, which has a surprising amount of psychological insight and a dance number to die for.

80
Variety
David Rooney
Hopkins delivers a genuinely charming example through the generosity and affection with which he treats his characters, a racially and culturally mixed bunch that could have seemed schematic and forced.

80
LA Weekly
John Patterson
One of the sweetest comedies in a long time, which doesn't mean it's sugary or fey.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Many try but few succeed as well as writer-director Joel Hopkins with his beguiling first feature, Jump Tomorrow, in giving a fresh spin to '30s screwball comedy.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The plot unfolds with the gradual richness of something by Eric Rohmer, who has the whole canvas in view from the beginning but uncovers it a square inch at a time. By the end of Jump Tomorrow I was awfully fond of the picture.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
At times a bit stilted, a common quality of first-time directors who try too hard to sculpt every scene, but it's refreshingly bereft of slick cynicism and smart-ass snideness.

75
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
Dry and irreverent, Jump Tomorrow plays like a Hal Hartley ("Henry Fool") comedy with a lighter tone and more laughs.

75
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
A quirky romantic comedy with a distinct and pleasing retro feel.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
A light and extremely likable comedy -- just what the doctor ordered right now.

70
Village Voice
Amy Taubin
The relationship between the hysterical Gerard and the careful, compulsive George is classic screwball material and more compelling than the relationship between George and Alicia.

70
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
The sweetness at the core of the raggedy low-budget romantic comedy Jump Tomorrow is hard to resist.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The performances are extremely good, and the tone maintains a droll continuity throughout.

63
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
Quirky and good-natured, it makes the most of an unknown but able and refreshingly international cast. And for a low-budget indie, it looks remarkably good and moves along with real snap.

63
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
An enjoyable trip, as long as you don't mind traveling light.

60
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
Just try not to smile while watching Jump Tomorrow.

60
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Delightful mix of swinging '60s style, road movie conventions and age-old romantic comedy tropes that coasts along on little more than charm, and does it delightfully.

50
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
There's a certain breed of annoying indie movie in which a character's shyness is portrayed in a manner so coy that it becomes a reverse form of exhibitionism. Jump Tomorrow is that kind of movie.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
The story is fluff, but it's mostly appealing.

50
Boston Globe
Scott Heller
The movie feels padded. And Hopkins's deft touch as a writer and director leaves him when it comes to casting.


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