21 Jump Street
Metascore
69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 41 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 41
  3. Negative: 0 out of 41
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    Mar 14, 2012
    91
    Underneath, 21 Jump Street is a riot of risks that pay off, the biggest of which might be handing Tatum funny business.
  2. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
    Mar 9, 2012
    90
    Jonah Hill is masterful at delivering an absurd story with so much sweetness, the nonsense ceases to get in the way.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Mar 16, 2012
    88
    The funniest movie I've seen in more than a year.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    Mar 15, 2012
    88
    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.
  5. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    Mar 15, 2012
    88
    This is the rare breed of Hollywood studio production that has the brash spirit of an independent picture and the sharp wit of a stand-up comic.
  6. Tampa Bay Times
    Reviewed by: Steve Persall
    Mar 14, 2012
    83
    This movie embraces everything that should make it lousy, calling out itself for aping the source's bad ideas then flipping the script with meta precision.

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User Score
7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 434 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 103 out of 127
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 127
  3. Negative: 17 out of 127
  1. nautico
    2
    Walking out on a movie is a rarity for me, but I left within about 30 minutes of the start of this one. I thought it was both abysmal and juvenile, though I admit that my age (72) probably made the latter reaction inevitable. I found the relentless shower of gratuitous obscenities both grating and wearisome, and lest someone cite my age as a reason, I was in the Navy for 20 years and am intimately familiar with every obscene word ever coined. But here the effect is just plain boring. It's as if the writers were trying to meet a quota for Carlinesque words. Finally, I am baffled by the number of sterling reviews of this dog, but I guess I must finally be outside what passes for humor in mainstream comedic cinema.… Full Review »
  2. LISTEN2ME
    9
    Loved it. Ridiculous and over the top, silly fun. Channing and Jonah are a surprisingly entertaining comedic team. A bit heavy on the profanity and a couple of senseless gross out scenes but worth a trip to the movie theatre for this one. Audience during my midnight screening laughed throughout the movie.… Full Review »
  3. QuitBeingStupid
    0
    MORONS WILL LOVE THIS MOVIE!

    Just another flick trying to cash in on the remake trend. Nothing like the groundbreaking tv series it's based     on, and has no connection to it other than the name.

    All the positive reviews come from worthless dumb@$$es who also love Jersey Shore and the Kardashians.
    Just another example of why society today is a fail.    … Full Review »
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