In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high school students synthetic drugs.
A try-anything, fitfully amusing muddle that wears its mocking cynicism a bit too proudly.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
16 Mar 2012
fresh:
This bracing new take on 21 Jump Street has a playful spark all its own. It's a blast.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar 2012
fresh:
A raucous, raunchy comedy.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
16 Mar 2012
fresh:
The whole crew makes clear its affections for action cinema, trashy television and the YouTube generation alike while having fun at the expense of all three.
– William Goss,
Film.com,
16 Mar 2012
fresh:
The late-eighties TV series is rebooted with jolts of sentiment, personal discovery, and wild comedy.