
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 f... (Full plot summary below)
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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?
Leave your thoughts about 21 Jump Street.
| AALBC.comKam WilliamsProvided you approach this laff-a-minute, slapstick adventure as a franchise overhaul rather than as an homage, you won't be shocked by its relentlessly-irreverent brand of humor. Think Superbad meets Revenge of the Nerds! |
| Ultra CultureCharlie LyneFeels like it's doing something new with the teen genre, while still acknowledging its debt to the classics that came before it. |
| Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)Linda CookClever, profane and action-packed, '21 Jump Street' fairly leaps onto the big screen as one of the most enjoyable movies of the (still-admittedly young) year. |
| Film4Catherine BrayA good-natured must-see for fans of broad, silly comedies with a little something under the surface too. Bright, breezy and brilliant. |
| MediaMikesMichael A. Smith"21 Jump Street" is the funniest film of the year so far. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanIt is smart, silly, straightforward, conceptual, satiric, raunchy, and character-based, all at once. I laughed often and I laughed hard. |
| Cleveland Plain DealerClint O'ConnorAdheres to the rule that every TV show is subject to a cinematic rendering, regardless of the strength of its stories, appeal of its characters, or extent of its following. |
| Movie TalkJason BestA rude and raucous action comedy spoof, which turns the high-minded, message-laden original series on its head in order to poke fun at everything from Hollywood's desperate recycling of the past to the tired conventions of buddy-cop movies. |
| Illinois TimesCharles KoplinskiFunny and smarter than it has any right to be. |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonAgainst all odds, "21 Jump Street" is actually pretty funny and lifts movie comedy out of its recent creative rut. |