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Jumper (2008)

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Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 161
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 135

Featuring uninvolving characters and loose narrative, Jumper is an erratic action pic with little coherence and lackluster special effects.

3

Average Rating: 3.7/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 36

Featuring uninvolving characters and loose narrative, Jumper is an erratic action pic with little coherence and lackluster special effects.

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Following up his blockbuster action hit Mr. and Mrs. Smith, director Doug Liman turns to an entirely new genre -- sci-fi -- for this tale of an underground world of teleporters. Based on the novel by Steven Gould, Jumper concerns David (Hayden Christensen), a young man who quite literally wills himself away from his grim family life by teleporting to another place with the power of his mind. Years later, David is using his powers to raid bank vaults, seduce girls in London, lunch on the

PG-13, 1 hr. 28 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy

David S. Goyer, Jim Uhls, Simon Kinberg

Jun 10, 2008

$80.1M

20th Century Fox

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Critic Reviews for Jumper

All Critics (165) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (140) | DVD (28)

The disappointments and the inexplicable plot turns kept mounting until I finally surrendered and just admitted it: This was just a goodlooking clunker.

February 19, 2008 Comment
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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One day, I feel sure, the rich mantle of charisma will descend upon [Hayden Christensen], but Jumper is not that occasion.

February 19, 2008 Full Review Source: New Yorker | Comment
Anthony Lane
New Yorker
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So freakin' awful.

February 16, 2008 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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Jumper, based on the novel by Steven Gould, re-defines -- downward -- the notion of dreadful. It does so by dispensing with everything a movie needs for a shot at being merely awful.

February 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | Comment
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
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Jumper has so many loose ends that it almost cries out for a sequel. This, of course, is intentional. I would say the filmmakers are being a tad optimistic.

February 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | Comment
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
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Like so many other CGI behemoths, this dull action fantasy ultimately squashes rather than inspires one's sense of wonder.

February 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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Light entertainment is all about playing to an audience's fantasy. There have been quite a few well-crafted and entertaining films that have started the same way and gotten away with it, out of sheer creativity. Jumper is not one of those films.

March 29, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment
Joshua Starnes
ComingSoon.net

A better filmmaker would have given the material some kind of vertiginous rhythm, yet Liman just plods humorlessly, flavorlessly.

August 27, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Ignore the previews. Unless there was a drastic change of storyline in the editing room at the last minute, the final cut is a lot more interesting than originally advertised.

February 10, 2009 Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | Comment
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

Jumper is a popcorn movie, but without salt or butter. Too many of the kernels remain unpopped. It's like the Saturday matinees of yore. But by the time you've crossed the lobby after seeing Jumper, you've forgotten it.

February 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | Comment
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly

An elegantly idiotic sci-fi thriller that initially feels as though it might have derived from Philip K Dick -- but lacks the master's lysergic idiosyncracy.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | Comment
Andrew Pulver
Guardian [UK]

Jumper is almost in too much of a hurry at times and logic and cohesion suffer as a consequence.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Screen International | Comment
Allan Hunter
Screen International

Director Liman is a major talent. He deserves better material to mold.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | Comment
Jonathan W. Hickman
Entertainment Insiders

The movie isn't terrible and I certainly liked the superhero aspect of it, but the romance doesn't work and it has a rushed, sloppy feel throughout.

July 22, 2008 Full Review | Comment
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

Action-heavy sci-fi tale has uninspiring hero.

July 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Cynthia Fuchs
Common Sense Media

Sam relishes doing super-mean and ready to rumble, while Hayden jaunts around the planet sightseeing, bank robbing and hitting on women.

June 25, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comment (1)
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze
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Clever ideas and decent action make this worthwhile. Lots of areas were not fully developed but otherwise enjoyable.

March 2, 2008
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Jumper Quotes

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    1. David: Thank you very much! Next showing will be at six o'clock. Don't forget to tip your usher.
    – Submitted by Chris P (12 months ago)
    1. Griffin: You can't just keep following me.
    2. David: Actually, I'm the only one who *can* keep following you.
    – Submitted by Chris P (12 months ago)

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