The Taylors Are Downtown, The Watsons Are Uptown.
| 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 |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Scroll down for embedded trailer
| 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 |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
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 |
| 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 TimesSweeping 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 | |