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21 Jump Street—movie review
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 16, 2012 1:00 AM
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Following in the hallowed footsteps of 'The Brady Bunch Movie', '21 Jump Street' revives a vintage TV series and subverts it at the same time. Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who have written and directed TV and theatrical animation such as 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs', resist the temptation to turn this into a live-action cartoon, which is all to the good. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are well cast as former high school rivals who meet up again as police academy students and become friends.
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
- By Leonard Maltin
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- December 8, 2009 9:52 AM
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I used to look forward to every new animated feature; now I take them on a case-by-case basis, and to be honest, I dread having to sit through some of them. So it’s with a great sense of relief—and delight—that I offer an enthusiastic review of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Based on the 1978 children’s book by Judi Barrett (illustrated by Ron Barrett), this lively (some would say...
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