Jumping the Broom tells the story of two very different African American families coming together for a wedding.
Details are scarce at the moment about Jumping the Broom, but it’s a comedy where the two families go to Martha’s Vineyard for a wedding. Hilarity will no doubt ensue.
Trailer
The Scoop
Director Salim Akil has little theatrical experience, but he did write, direct, or produce TV shows such as Soul Food, Girlfriends, and The Game, so he’s been around a bit. Writers Arlene Gibbs and Elizabeth Hunter have been around for a bit as well, with Gibbs having written Traitor, which I really liked, primarily because Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce are awesome.
But still.
Who’s It For?
No rating yet.
Movie Release Date
May 6, 2011
Who’s In It?
Julie Bowen
Paula Patton
Laz Alonso … Jason Taylor
Loretta Devine
Angela Bassett
Mike Epps
Tasha Smith … Shonda
Interesting Fact
Jumping the broom is a phrase related to an old slave tradition, when two slaves would marry, they would often end the ceremony by jumping over a broom. Generally it meant that the woman was saying that she would take over household chores, although there are some cultures where the person who jumped higher over the broom would be in charge of the household. Like the Olympics.
Related Movies
Soul Food, The Game, Traitor
What’s Good About It?
I don’t know too much about the film yet, so I can’t claim to know all that much that’s good about it, but I think Angela Bassett is one of the better, and most underrated, actresses in Hollywood. Hopefully she’ll bring her ‘A’ game.
What’s Bad About It?
I wish I knew more about the plot, or at least had a trailer to work with. As it stands, I figure my white boy butt will probably just feel uncomfortable sitting next to a huge black guy with a wang twice the size of mine.
Don’t know why his wang is exposed at the theater, but I’ll figure it out eventually.
Our Clever Prediction
Jumping the Broom is being released the same weekend as Thor, so it should be mostly ignored as everyone talks about how awesome that dude with the hammer is.
Although for all those not wanting to go watch a Norse God kick ass, Jumping the Broom should provide a nice alternative.
Is this Black Earl, the unemployable loser from the O&A radio show on XM? Somehow I think its you, I can almost smell the failure from here. Is this you Earl? How is life in the unemployment line now that you have no job on satellite radio?
Howard Stern won’t hire you, XM won’t take you, keep writing your shitty books.
Armstrong Dicksmasher,
WoW!!!! How racist of you… you must be a white man/woman/person for if you weren’t you wouldn’t have made the comment you made. And if you’re a person of color then you must dream of becoming white one day. I find it ironic that on a daily basis White people are “stuffed down EVERYONE’S throats” at the box office, on television, in magazines, etc., but you had to go at least 30 years back to present day and came up with only 5 pictures centered around African Americans and then had the audacity to ask for a “break” from black cinema. Again, all I can say is, “WoW!!!! The mentality of white folk amazes me”. And for the record, hell no, you can’t get an amen from a brother/sister or anyone else in the congregation. Church!
Looking forward to this movie. Great director, great cast.
Holy shit : Precious, Roots, The Color Purple, Boyz n The Hood.. For Colored Girls… isn’t this enough black films for just a little while? How many do you need?
Cand I get an ‘Amen’ brother!
This movie is going to be awesome, Portions of the movie was filmed in my home town of Nova Scotia Canada and it was suck a treat to have the actors here. Pouch Hall, Magan Goode, Angela Bassette, and Mike Epps,All went beyond to show just how humble they are.It really was a great couple of mths.