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Jump Tomorrow
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68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    90
    The silliness of Jump Tomorrow takes your breath away, and I mean that as high praise.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: John Patterson
    80
    One of the sweetest comedies in a long time, which doesn't mean it's sugary or fey.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    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.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    80
    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.
  5. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    80
    The acting is superb across the board, especially from Adebimpe.
  6. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    80
    Transcendently kitschy, trippingly funny fairy tale, which has a surprising amount of psychological insight and a dance number to die for.
  7. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    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.
  8. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert K. Elder
    75
    Dry and irreverent, Jump Tomorrow plays like a Hal Hartley ("Henry Fool") comedy with a lighter tone and more laughs.
  9. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Connie Ogle
    75
    A quirky romantic comedy with a distinct and pleasing retro feel.
  10. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    75
    A light and extremely likable comedy -- just what the doctor ordered right now.
  11. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    75
    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.
  12. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Amy Taubin
    70
    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.
  13. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    70
    The sweetness at the core of the raggedy low-budget romantic comedy Jump Tomorrow is hard to resist.
  14. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    67
    The performances are extremely good, and the tone maintains a droll continuity throughout.
  15. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    63
    An enjoyable trip, as long as you don't mind traveling light.
  16. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    63
    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.
  17. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    60
    Just try not to smile while watching Jump Tomorrow.
  18. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    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.
  19. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    50
    The story is fluff, but it's mostly appealing.
  20. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Scott Heller
    50
    The movie feels padded. And Hopkins's deft touch as a writer and director leaves him when it comes to casting.
  21. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    50
    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.
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