Jump In! (2007)

A 2008 ALSC Notable Children's Video Selection!

Pulled in two directions, Izzy Daniels must find a balance between his passion for boxing and his promise to help his friends with an intense double-Dutch jump-roping competition. Live-action, Jump In! combines themes of friendship, hard work, and individuality with energizing hip-hop music and impeccable choreography. This DVD was selected by the ALA's Association for Library Service to Children as a 2008 Notable Children's Video, and it is the winner of the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Medal, awarded by ALA for excellence in the field! May 22, 2008

Great movie

Wish there were more movies like this. Completely clean. Shows good family life and people working out problems within their relationships. My 5 and 7 year old loved it and the 7 year old said it was his all time favorite movie. Even my 3 year old enjoyed watching some of it. It also got my kids very interested in jump roping. Definitly 5 stars! April 25, 2008

Jump to the Rhythm

I bought this to view because I am a music teacher and one of my lessons was to teach the song from this movie "Jump to the Rhythm". I wanted to watch it after teaching the song. My students loved it! It has a great message to it, about being yourself and fulfilling your own dreams not the dreams of someone else. January 14, 2008

This Movie Is Worth Jumping In!!!

I've seen Jump In on The Disney Channel before and I liked it right away when I saw it.In Jump In I loved all of the cool moves & stunts they did when they did Double Dutch.Corbin Bleu gave his Best Performance when he played Izzy Daniels the boy who choose Double Dutch over Boxing.When I saw this movie it brought back alot of memories from my Childhood that I use to jump rope alot & doing double dutch.When I went to my aunt's house to spend time with her kids I watched the DVD of Jump In! with my aunt's kids and they liked the movie my cousins are ages 7 and 5.Buy Jump In it's worth watching it and the kids will love it!!!! January 8, 2008

Loved that double dutch movie

One of the great disappointments of my childhood is that I never learned to double dutch.

One of the great things about the Jump In DVD is that it shows you how to jump double dutch. The movie itself goes a ways to both demystify double dutch, and show it off in spectacular ways.

Corbin Bleu and Keke Palmer are good spoilers for each other. He's a little Disney, and she's a little ghetto. You end up rooting for both of them together.

We wanted to watch this movie over and over in my house; it appealed to the boys as well as girls, and that's hard to do. It had the boxing, and the cool jumping moves that excited everyone.

It was refreshing to see a movie that wasn't about hooking up or anything sensual at all. Free from all that garbage, you could just sit back and gawk at the beautiful hair braids, the flashy costumes, and watch the incredible jump rope moves to the booming sound tracks. There were ear to ear grins at my house, as we kept rewinding to see that last cool move. That made it one of the 7 happiest black movies of all times.
October 15, 2007

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