Review of 21 Jump Street (2012) by A.o. Scott for The New York Times — 15 Mar 2012
It wants to be fun and, to a perhaps surprising extent, it is. Largely forsaking the sweet multiculturalism of the original for white-dude bromance, and completely abandoning earnest teenagers-in-crisis melodrama in favor of crude, aggressive comedy, this 21 Jump Street is an example of how formula-driven entertainment can succeed.
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This review of 21 Jump Street (2012) was written by A.o. Scott and published by The New York Times on 15 Mar 2012.
21 Jump Street has generally received positive reviews.
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