If this sequel is guilty of anything it is of flaunting total excess in the name of comedy.

| Mar 21, 2017

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, have clearly seen their share of crappy unnecessary sequels, and want to assure us that 22 Jump Street will follow proudly in that tradition.

| Sep 22, 2016

'22 Jump Street' tries to catch a meta-wave on the shoulders of its stars, Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum.

| Jun 26, 2014

While much of this is pretty standard stuff, it's all easy to take thanks to the engaging performances from the two leads. The screenplay contains quite a few funny lines, and the direction by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller is crisp and efficient.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 25, 2014

This sequel to the hit action comedy 21 Jump Street is better all around: the pacing is more consistent, the sight gags more imaginative, the self-referential jokes sharper.

| Jun 19, 2014

22 Jump Street goes further than any other mainstream Hollywood comedy in normalising the emotional transactions between men.

| Jun 19, 2014

22 Jump Street is hardly fresh, but the picture has enough energy to get by.

| Jun 18, 2014

22 Jump Street is pretty much the exact same movie as 21 Jump Street. It knows it, you know it, and it knows that you know it. And that is why it's brilliant.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 14, 2014

Self-referential irony is hardly a new gimmick, having served as the underlying premise for such franchises as Scream and Austin Powers, but rarely has it been indulged with such fervor.

| Jun 13, 2014

Filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller (who are themselves impressive partners at this point) know enough not to mess with a successful formula.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Jun 13, 2014

22 Jump Street has the same writers and directors as the first film. But it's not smart this time as much as it is clever, and that cleverness tips into spottiness and cynical self-congratulation.

| Jun 13, 2014

Jump Street knows you know about the predictability and cheapness of sequels and rip-offs -- and in this case, to avoid the downfalls of other summer comedy sagas, embracing that problem might have been the best move for this absurd, unique franchise.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 13, 2014

Though I enjoyed enormously this latest offering in the rebooted Jump franchise, it's the effortless, unexpected bromance/partnership between the two unlikely undercover cops is what makes this franchise work.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 13, 2014

They get to poke fun at sequels and simultaneously make sequel money, which is a great frigging gig if you ask me.

| Jun 13, 2014

It takes the homoerotic energy bubbling under the surface of buddy action pictures and raises it into the sunlight, where it can flex its pecs and growl.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 13, 2014

That Stoner No. 3 from Knocked Up and the tank top from Step Up have become Hollywood's freshest comedy duo is impressive.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 13, 2014

There's no real reason "22 Jump Street" should work. Yet it does.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 13, 2014

Does the meta-acknowledgment that everyone's in it for the bucks give a purposefully dopey sequel more cred? ... You bet.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 13, 2014

Maybe not up there with Gremlins 2: The New Batch but certainly one of the funniest sequels ever made.

| Jun 12, 2014

More money, less funny.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 12, 2014