21 Jump Street

When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students. They trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, and set out to shut down a dangerous drug ring. But, as time goes on, Schmidt and Jenko discover that high school is nothing like it was just a few years earlier -- and, what's more, they must again confront the teenage terror and anxiety they thought they had left behind.

Critics were broadly won over by the film's self-aware humor and the chemistry between Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, whose casting many had doubted going in. The adaptation earns most of its goodwill by poking fun at its own premise rather than playing it straight, though enthusiasm varied — some found it a genuinely sharp comedy, others a pleasant surprise that didn't quite reach the level of its ambitions.