The biggest and most entertaining laugh-riot throwaway film of the year.

Rating: 7/10 (26 June 2013)

Moonrise Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook aside, the year has been dry for laugh riot comedies. Now that Judd Apatow is more-or-less scraping from the bottom of the barrel, we've been waiting patiently for someone else to take the mantle. That hasn't come yet and 21 Jump Street is nothing new, but it feels like the comedies of that peak era of foul-mouthed comedies in 2007 and 2008 with Superbad and Pineapple Express. Based on a TV show I admittedly haven't heard of, I assume they did a good job of updating it for the modern age as it's very entertaining with some great original jokes and ways of delivering them with pleasant surprises. Although it dives into its narrative with not as much development as I'd like it to have, in particular I'd like more on the bonding of the two lead characters, Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, it's their bromance and great chemistry thereafter that makes the film something a little more special. Misguided special effects and an awful antagonist aside, 21 Jump Street is certainly one of the most entertaining films of the year, especially above the humourless action movies of the summer.
7/10