Jumping the Broom

The Taylors Are Downtown, The Watsons Are Uptown.

A pretty young woman decides to give up sex until she finds Mr. Right, which happens immediately of course. Five months later they're ready to tie the knot, and decide on a hasty wedding at her rich parents' estate. His family duly arrive and they're from the other side of the tracks. The two mothers take an instant dislike to each other, and with the extended family bringing their own ideas about the wedding, the scene is set for a major inter-family fight. Perfect way to get to know everyone!

110 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 10.
Comedy, Musical.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

The happiest day of my life... I wish!

Credits

Cast	Angela Bassett, Paula Patton, Laz Alonso, Loretta Devine, Meagan Good, Tasha Smith, Julie Bowen, DeRay Davis
Director	Salim Akil
Screenplay	Elizabeth Hunter, Arlene Gibbs
Music	Ed Shearmur
Cinematography	Anastas N, Michos
Editing	Terilyn A. Shropshire
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in	2011
Produced by	TriStar Pictures, Stage 6 Films, Our Stories Films, SPE, TDJ Enterprises/New Dimensions Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Romance, comedy, drama
Language	Mild, infrequent, in context
Nudity	None
Sex	None. Some sexual innuendo and references, brief kissing.
Violence	Mild, infrequent, in context
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	none
Drug abuse	Some social drinking.
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Latoya Newman Newlyweds take a jump straight into hell	10
Die Burger Marzanne van den Berg Romantiese komedie raak verlief op sy eie stereotipes	5
Cape Times Sweeping view of a culture clash	5
Box Office Todd Gilchrist You have to admire the filmmakers' leap of faith in tackling so much ambitious material, but unlike their feuding families, they can't magically make it all work together in the end.	8
ScreenIt C. Fuchs About the only thing you'll want to do with the title tool after seeing Jumping the Broom is sweep this into the dustpan and dump it into the trashcan.	7
Metacritic.com 26 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 75 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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.	11
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	11
Movie Review Intelligence 37 critics	12
What the People say
Internet 1177 Netizens Wo!! What a wedding....	8
Average .. 45%	9