Jumpin' Jack Flash | | Cast : | Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins | | Director : | Penny Marshall | | Studio : | Fox Home Entertainme | | Format : | Color, Widescreen | | Released Date : | October 10, 1986 | | DVD Released Date : | June 01, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | May 06, 2005 | | Summary | Good Whoopi | Content
 | Years ago when this was first released it was the first movie I saw Whoopi Goldberg in, and I haven't missed any of her movies since then. Fans of comedies about average people getting into complicated spy situations with comedic results will love it. If you are a fan of movies like "Bird on a Wire", "Outrageous Fortune", and "Undercover Blues" you should enjoy this one.
This was the first time I recall seeing a comedy spy movie other than "Casino Royale" at the time. Goldberg and the rest the cast do a great job. Good music and sets make it stand out among a good number of those produced today. I highly recommend you buy this one since it is definitely one of Whoopi's best. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 09, 2004 | | Summary | A comedy that surpasses time | Content
| I absolutely love this movie and plan to get it on DVD now that it is out. This is definitely one of my favorite movies of all time. I saw this movie when I was fairly young, and watched it again as an adult. As an adult, I still found the movie to be very amusing. I love to watch it during the little down time that I have. It is one of my guilty pleasures on a rainy day. Whoopi Goldberg's character is strong, intelligent, and independent. This movie has a little bit of everything, drama, mystery and suspense, and comedy (definitely!). I don't want to give anything away for those who haven't watched this movie, but I will say that this is one movie that doesn't often get the spotlight, but it is well deserved of one. |
| Rating | | | Date | November 03, 2004 | | Summary | Thank God | Content
| I am sooooooooooooooo happy that one of my all time favorite movies has finally come out on DVD. I love this movie so much. It's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Every time it comes on TV, I watch it like it's new. My favorite scene is when she dresses like one of the supremes and she gets her dress caught in the shredder, I laugh so hard at that point. Please, if you haven't seen this movie, it is a must have, cause it is unbelievably funny. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 18, 2004 | | Summary | Jumpin' up & down! | Content
| Grab a copy of this DVD, priced just right, and go on the comedic spy caper of your life. Hysterical and historical, giving it 5 wonderful stars!
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" is Whoopi Goldberg's movie debut, and boy did she sure show us! Along with "Ghost," it's one of her two best movies. (She did a fine dramatic job in "The Color Purple," and I'll never forget how she spits in the lemonade of her brutal husband's equally horrible friend before serving it and how Shug sings "Sister" to her, but the movie's just too traumatic and tear-jerking to watch more than once. An interview with Levar Burton has it that Whoopi really pushed for her role as Gynon on the Star Trek New Generation series, and she's pretty
good at that, too.)
In "Jack Flash" Whoopi plays an international bank clerk who works for a schmuck, when a British Secret Service agent (whom no one really sees until the bitter end) hacks into her computer to enlist her help in getting him out of Eastern Europe. (Remember, this is the good ol' '80s, before the Wall fell and that sorta stuff.) After she passes his little code key "test," he sends her on an intriguing mission to do really important stuff, like saying "dogs barking, can't fly without umbrella" to the British Consulate, retrieving frying pans from his "nice pad," and attending the Queen's Anniversary Ball all dressed up very Diana Ross-ish as her cover. She has all sorts of groovy friends at the bank who just love her, but they're all clueless about what's happening with her espionage game, them being preoccupied with their Brut cologne collections and dating guys with names like Richard Something-Italian who sell perfume seconds. Clueless, that is, until dorky Marty comes along to replace the pregnant girl. That's when things really heat up for Terry Doolittle (Whoopi).
Very, very funny, with some suspenseful moments, a funny but bit part for Jim Belushi, two especially wonderful singing scenes (Whoopi doing Mick Jagger and Whoopi doing Diana Ross), great supporting characters/actors, and Whoopi's dynamite wardrobe and killer kitschy apartment loaded with kewpie dolls, huge posters of "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman," and gigantic toothbrushes. So, bon-de-bon, ariverderche, God Save the Queen, that sort of thing...I'm off to watch "Jumpin' Jack Flash!" |
| Rating | | | Date | September 06, 2004 | | Summary | A Classic Finally on DVD | Content
| I've been dying for this movie to be on dvd for years. It is finally here. THANK YOU GOD! I love this movie |
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