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Jumpin' Jack Flash

Play trailer Poster for Jumpin' Jack Flash R,  1986,  1h 45m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 33% 24 Reviews Tomatometer 58% 25,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
33% Tomatometer 24 Reviews 58% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings
Terry Doolittle (Whoopi Goldberg) works with computers in a bank office. She routinely talks with others via her computer, but one day she connects with a mysterious user by the name of Jumpin' Jack Flash (Jonathan Pryce). It takes her a while to decode his message, but Terry figures out that Jack is a British secret agent trapped behind enemy lines. Terry agrees to help him, but her activities attract the attention of the KGB, who want to know Jack's real identity -- and will kill to get it.

Critics Reviews

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Chris Bennion The Times (UK) Dec 4, 2023
Nonetheless, it is a highly enjoyable, highly contrived 1980s romp that almost, but not quite, gets the most out of Goldberg’s comic talent. Go to Full Review
Nell Minow Movie Mom Jul 25, 2002
3/5
Appealing in spite of itself. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
2/4
Whoopi Goldberg is the only original or interesting thing about Jumpin' Jack Flash. And she tries, but she's not enough. Go to Full Review
Dan Webster Spokesman-Review (Washington) Jul 27, 2024
3/4
All in all, not a bad way to pass a couple of hours. Go to Full Review
Alistair Lawrence Common Sense Media Dec 8, 2021
2/5
This misfiring 1980s comedy tries to conjure the same chaotic energy that was so successful with other fish-out-of-water classics during that decade. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Oct 13, 2019
2/4
...works as neither a comedy nor a spy caper. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Abraham S Jun 30, 2018 Not a movie for someone who wants a serious spy movie. This is for people who liked Spies Like Us, or Whoopi fans. Fun to remember the 80's and have a few laughs. See more
Jun 14, 2018 Funny, nice and scary movie! One of my favourites.
Finn M Dec 23, 2017 Disappointing 80s comedy considering the talent involved. Whoopi Goldberg is contacted over a computer and finds herself helping a British spy in this comic action thriller that if it were a better film could have been a modern day "North by Northwest" or even a fun contemporary like "The Man with One Red Shoe," but instead it's a dull story that's only made watchable by a talented cast. That cast includes Jonathan Pryce, Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman, Michael McKean, Jim Belushi, Paxton Whitehead, Tracey Ullman, Garry Marshall, Carol Kane (looking the most normal and most conventionally attractive I've ever seen her), Annie Potts, Roscoe Lee Browne, Jeroen Krabbé, Jamey Sheridan, Stephen Collins, and John Wood (you know, Falken from 'WarGames"). To top off the disappointment factor, this was the directorial debut of Penny Marshall, who'd go on to direct classics like "Big," "A League of Their Own," and "Awakenings." And there's even a nicely 80s score by Thomas Newman. This talent manages to make this dull and unfunny script watchable, but just barely (and the script was by several talented writers who's credits include "Die Hard," "48 Hrs," "The Larry Sanders Show", "Private Benjamin," "Father of the Bride," and even "Gladiator" and "Amistad." Who knows what happened to this movie? See more
Nov 23, 2017 Whoopi at her jumping aboot,getting into scrapes finest! ????
Hagrid R Sep 18, 2017 When Whoopi was funny.
Hermione R Apr 6, 2017 Cheesy but charming. I've seen it about 100 times.
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Movie Info

Synopsis Terry Doolittle (Whoopi Goldberg) works with computers in a bank office. She routinely talks with others via her computer, but one day she connects with a mysterious user by the name of Jumpin' Jack Flash (Jonathan Pryce). It takes her a while to decode his message, but Terry figures out that Jack is a British secret agent trapped behind enemy lines. Terry agrees to help him, but her activities attract the attention of the KGB, who want to know Jack's real identity -- and will kill to get it.
Director
Penny Marshall
Producer
Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver
Screenwriter
David Franzoni, Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, Chris Thompson
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Silver Pictures, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Twentieth Century Fox
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 10, 1986, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 7, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$24.5M
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Surround
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