21 Jump Street: Press reviews

'21 Jump Street has that Anchorman experimental-chaos vibe, with all the hit-and-miss moments that implies. It's completely lunatic and sort of a mess.'

'You have the right to remain smirking.'

'what the directors [...] lack in finesse they make up for with attitude'

'The film makes high school comedy feel young again'

'a funny twist on teen movies and buddy comedies, creating a postmodern Police Academy'

'Filthy, sweary, sweet and very funny all at the same time.'

'It wants to be fun and, to a perhaps surprising extent, it is.'

'Surprisingly funny'

'worth a punt for fans of light buddy comedies'

'Holding its middle finger up to '80s retro-hounds, this remake gets it largely right. Fast, filthy, fresh and funny, Jump is worth a punt.'

'It's as undisciplined as today's semi-improvised, post-Judd Apatow comedies always are, but it does have a few smart jokes. '

'...overlong and obsessively foul-mouthed...'

'reports of its coolness are greatly exaggerated'