Jumping the Broom (2011)
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Reviews Counted: 80
Fresh: 44 | Rotten: 36
Its heart is in the right place -- and so is its appealing cast -- but Jumping the Broom is ultimately too cliched and thinly written to recommend.
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 13
Its heart is in the right place -- and so is its appealing cast -- but Jumping the Broom is ultimately too cliched and thinly written to recommend.
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A collision of worlds when two African-American families from divergent socioeconomic backgrounds get together one weekend in Martha's Vineyard for a wedding. -- (C) Sony
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Cast
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Angela Bassett
Mrs. Watson -
Paula Patton
Sabrina Watson -
Laz Alonso
Jason Taylor -
Loretta Devine
Mrs. Taylor -
Meagan Good
Blythe -
Tasha Smith
Shonda -
Julie Bowen
Amy -
DeRay Davis
Malcolm -
Valarie Pettiford
Aunt Geneva -
Mike Epps
Willie Earl -
Pooch Hall
Ricky -
Percy Romeo Miller
Sebastian -
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Mr. Watson -
Gary Dourdan
Chef -
T.D. Jakes
Reverend James -
El DeBarge
Singer -
Tenika Davis
Lauren -
Vera Cudjoe
Mabel -
Will Lemay
Bobby -
Laura Kahoot
Amanda -
Marguerite McNeil
Mrs. O'Neal
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All Critics (80) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (36) | DVD (3)
Class differences and family resentments add to the hubbub surrounding an African-American wedding on Martha's Vineyard in this perceptive, faith-based romantic comedy.
Top CriticIt shouldn't seem as novel as it does.
"Jumping the Broom" combines tried-and-true oil-water class tensions with the challenges of modern romance and family, then adds some African-American flavors.
It's fun at times, if a bit over-dramatic and a lot over-the-top. But by the end, you're ready for it to be over.
True, the script overreaches, crammed with too many characters, subplots and stereotypes. But at least it's trying. And at least there isn't a phony in the bunch.
Proof that you can have a movie like this without a polemic against successful women, or some man in a dress threatening to take off his earrings and pull out a gun.
Like a Tyler Perry movie with polish
Hits the intended mix of smiles, tears, and family-affirming warmth.
...a perfectly watchable romantic comedy that benefits from the efforts of its eclectic cast and from the appreciatively (and increasingly) trashy turns in the narrative.
Bracing for the worst, I was elated to find Akil interested in establishing romance and personality before soaking the picture in abrasive comedy and melodrama, creating an invitation with the opening moments of the picture.
A pleasant sitcom-level mix of comedy, romance and soapy melodrama, plus low-key Bible-thumping (celebrity evangelist T.D. Jakes is a producer).
This extremely formulaic time-waster offers little beyond its lame Hallmark greeting-card platitudes.
You might get swept away by 'Jumping the Broom.'
An incredibly shrill comedy...the surface elegance somehow only makes the underlying nastiness more noticeable.
It's fun to watch this thoroughly professional cast put through some predictable paces ...
Part drama,part comedy but everything blends together rather than clashes.
... an intelligent script ... and fine acting ...
There's a reason this formula has endured so long: When you plug the right variables into it, it still can make for an enjoyable, if predictable, story. This film proves it.
It's laugh out loud funny from start to finish.
The cast completely sells this movie and the script gives them some fun moments to work with, even with its imperfections.
Jumping the Broom is the mess you get when you mix Romeo and Juliet with Are We There Yet? and Meet the Fockers.
Sparring culture clash, crammed full of familiar stereotypes
The contributions of some game actors are the only thing standing between the film and absolute irrelevance, as it attempts to be all things and in the process manages to be none of them.
I would have loved more talk about the meaning behind 'jumping the broom' and less moments of a mother desperate to hold on to her son.
Audience Reviews for Jumping the Broom
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- Willie Earl: If you keep fighting progress, you're gonna find yourself on the wrong side of history.
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- Willie Earl: Aint nothin wrong with a little biscuits and gravy.
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- Sabrina Watson: If it wasn't for your mother I wouldn't be questioning if you are the man I want to marry.
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- Mrs. Taylor: This family thinks they are better than us!
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