21 Jump Street

Two police academy mess–ups (Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum) are assigned to the 21 Jump Street unit, an undercover crew of young–looking policemen who pretend to be teenagers. They infiltrate a high school to break up a drug ring, infiltrating the dealers to take down the supplier. Hijinks occur when they start reliving and redeeming their high–school failures.

ClearPlay In Action!

So The Artist pays homage to silent movies. ClearPlayed, 21 Jump Street sometimes IS a silent movie. Rampant profanity (nearing 300 instances, including more than 120 F–words), irreverent humor, some bloody violence (someone gets shot in, of course, the groin) are all trimmed, reducing the running time between 5 and 10 minutes. ClearPlay works wonders with the movie, but even ClearPlayed, there is a lot of humor based on drug and alcohol use by teens. Kids will laugh, but do you want them to?

Do you have to be 21 to watch Jump Street?…

You may be uncomfortable watching the movie with your teens, and you may feel guilty chuckling at some of the humor. The appealing Tatum and Hill have good chemistry, and the writing is a notch better than many gross–out comedies. There are some in–jokes for original fans of the series and if you ignore logical flaws and subject matter, you might have a good time.

Marty Nabhan—ClearPlay Rookie

Rated R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, drug material, teen drinking and some violence; 109 min; Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller