'All they do is recycle s**t from the past and hope nobody notices..."

Rating: 8/10 (12 March 2012)

The above line is not the verdict of an embittered film critic, but delivered by a character in this fundamentally successful big screen remake of the late '80s American TV show.
21 Jump Street is film comedy in its finest form. The movie is comfortable being weird, it uses vulgarity but never as a crutch, it gives every actor a chance to shine, and it all works so well that you barely stop to consider that Schmidt's love-interest is a high-schooler (Brie Larson). The movie is good-natured but unapologetic in trying to make the audience laugh as hard as possible for as long as possible. And there's no need to apologize when you try, and then succeed, conquer, crush, stand victorious over the bodies of your enemies, and scream out their Miranda rights.