Jumping the Broom Reviews
All of the characters are written as believably flawed, allowing viewers to see the right and wrong on both sides of each issue being presented.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 13, 2020
An abundance of humor, a core center of heart, and a tremendous amount of faith in God.
| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 13, 2020
Pleasant and cheerful, and that sort of thing should be encouraged sometimes.
| Original Score: B- | Jun 22, 2013
Hits the intended mix of smiles, tears, and family-affirming warmth.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 8, 2012
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.
| Dec 6, 2011
...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.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 7, 2011
A pleasant sitcom-level mix of comedy, romance and soapy melodrama, plus low-key Bible-thumping (celebrity evangelist T.D. Jakes is a producer).
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 29, 2011
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 15, 2011
This extremely formulaic time-waster offers little beyond its lame Hallmark greeting-card platitudes.
| Original Score: 1/5 | Jun 7, 2011
You might get swept away by 'Jumping the Broom.'
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 3, 2011
An incredibly shrill comedy...the surface elegance somehow only makes the underlying nastiness more noticeable.
| Original Score: C- | May 16, 2011
It's fun to watch this thoroughly professional cast put through some predictable paces ...
| Original Score: 85/100 | May 15, 2011
Part drama,part comedy but everything blends together rather than clashes.
| Original Score: 7/10 | May 14, 2011
... an intelligent script ... and fine acting ...
| Original Score: 3/5 | May 13, 2011
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.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 13, 2011
It's laugh out loud funny from start to finish.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 13, 2011
The cast completely sells this movie and the script gives them some fun moments to work with, even with its imperfections.
| Original Score: 3/5 | May 13, 2011
Jumping the Broom is the mess you get when you mix Romeo and Juliet with Are We There Yet? and Meet the Fockers.
| Original Score: 2/4 | May 12, 2011
Sparring culture clash, crammed full of familiar stereotypes
| Original Score: 6/10 | May 12, 2011
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.
| Original Score: 5/10 | May 11, 2011