Jumpin' Jack Flash

R

Released Oct 10, 1986

1 hr. 45 min.

Comedy

List

30%

23 Reviews

Tomatometer

58%

25,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

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.

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Steve D

Only of note for Whoopi.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/29/23

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L S

Goldberg aces the role of Terry in a fun packed adventure in the early days of computers. Cannot believe this doesn't score higher. It's superb entertainment.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/16/23

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Kristi L

I thought Whoopi was so funny in this flick.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Kathryn H

) If you are a fan of 80's movies and silly comedies you'll like this movie. One of those stories that doesn't always make sense, so you need to be able to not look at it too hard. Plenty of really talented actors.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/23/22

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Stephen C

LOL, the funniest 1.75 hours ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/28/22

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murrillisa m

It always makes me laugh when I'm having a slow or rotten day. Best line " Maybe we should leave it up to the women. Then we wouldn't be playing these stupid games."

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Penny Marshall

Director

Whoopi Goldberg

Terry Dolittle

Stephen Collins

Marty Phillips

John Wood

Jeremy Talbott

Carol Kane

Cynthia

Annie Potts

Liz Carlson

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Chris Bennion

Times (UK)

Nonetheless, it is a highly enjoyable, highly contrived 1980s romp that almost, but not quite, gets the most out of Goldberg’s comic talent.

Dec 4, 2023

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Appealing in spite of itself.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 25, 2002

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Whoopi Goldberg is the only original or interesting thing about Jumpin' Jack Flash. And she tries, but she's not enough.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

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.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 8, 2021

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...works as neither a comedy nor a spy caper.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 13, 2019

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Shelley Mains

Sojourner

Goldberg and director Penny Marshall... have managed to inject a female sensibility into the film, cramming it full of fun, insightful details.

Aug 23, 2019

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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
Screenwriter: David Franzoni, Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, Chris Thompson
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Lawrence Gordon Productions, Twentieth Century Fox, Silver Pictures
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
Sound Mix: Surround

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