6.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Two black families from divergent social and economic backgrounds get together one weekend in Martha's Vineyard for a wedding.
Starring: Angela Bassett, Paula Patton, Laz Alonso, Loretta Devine, Meagan GoodComedy | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English, English SDH, French
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
BD-Live
movieIQ
Region A (C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Even a soulmate can really test you.
Getting married can be -- should be -- a joyous event, but it's also one of the most stress-filled times in a person's life. And that's with months of
planning, preparation, and dealing with the reality that is life with the in-laws. Now imagine cramming all of that many month's
worth of work and slowly-developing comfort with the soon-to-be-extended family into one whirlwind weekend. Oh yes, there will be drama. Lots of it.
Tears of joy and anguish alike will flow, and all that could possibly save such a rush-job or potentially cataclysmic disaster is the strength of true love.
Jumping the Broom looks at one such wedding, one that's planned and executed in the blink of an eye, one where families will meet and greet
and question and doubt and hate and love, one where the past will catch up with the future, one where the future will be built on the bonds formed
through the stresses of the present. It's a delightful Comedy and a serious Drama all at once, a well-balanced film that proves just what a necessary,
unflinching, and ultra-tough asset true love can be.
To jump or not to jump?
Jumping the Broom's 1080p, 1.78:1-framded transfer is breathtakingly spectacular. Sony's hit yet another one out of the park; this digitally-shot film may often be mistaken for film, for it's so natural with lifelike details and extraordinary colors that it bests pretty much every other digital movie on the Blu-ray market. Colors are straight out of the real world; even low-light scenes are no problem for bright shades of red or splashes of white. The stability throughout the entire palette is marvelous, and there's no hint of either color drain or color excess. Black levels are perfect, too; the nighttime segment that plays near film's open that sees Jason propose to Sabrina delivers the inkiest, truest blacks of any digital movie out there. Fine detail is equally exquisite; skin textures are particularly revealing, with the transfer picking up the slightest streak of makeup or the finest beads of sweat on character faces. The image is clean as a whistle with no noise to speak of, and various maladies that normally accompany digitally-shot movies -- banding, blocking -- are nowhere to be found. This is just another ho-hum, A+, first-class transfer from Sony.
Jumping the Broom may not feature the most dynamic DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless soundtrack out there, but it's every bit as refined as the accompanying video transfer. Music is beautifully smooth; speakers just disappear in favor of the perfectly-rounded, seemingly weightless notes that produce a positively wondrous and big cinematic sensation. Heftier music outside of score is just as accurate; the beefier low end is no challenge for Sony's lossless presentation, nor is greater volume an enemy to the track's always-balanced feel. The surround channels carry just the right amount of musical support and ambience; the back speakers do help to pull the listener into the Northeastern environment where seagulls, crashing waves, and occasional light background music round out every sound-critical environment. Made complete by pitch-perfect and center-based dialogue, Jumping the Broom excels in the delivery of each of its sonic elements.
Jumping the Broom features a trio of film-related extras, headlined by an audio commentary, featuring a behind-the-scenes piece, and
fortified by an enlightening look at the tradition of "jumping the broom."
Jumping the Broom is a strong film designed around likable characters with real problems and real emotions. They're all in some way relatable, despite their grossly different backgrounds, which is from where the film collects most of its strength. That only goes to solidify the idea that true love conquers all, a notion that definitely has to hold true in a time of familial crisis and a whirlwind of emotions, introductions, budding relationships, and revelations that could only be held together by the truest of hearts. This is a better film than it may appear to be on its surface, for it manages to grow beyond the clichéd plot elements and characters that are at the center of it all. Sony's Blu-ray disc of Jumping the Broom is a technical marvel; both video and audio sparkle, supported by a quality movie and a handful of extras. Recommended.
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