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Jumping Ship

Jumping Ship

TV Movie · Family · Drama · 2001

Michael has big plans to show his cousin Tommy a good time aboard a luxury yacht until he discovers that the yacht he's chartered is actually an old rusted fishing boat. But when modern-day pirates chase the fishing boat, the boys are forced to jump ship, leaving them stranded on a desert island with the boat's captain, Jake Hunter.

Movie details

Jumping Ship

2001 TV Movie · Family · Drama 1h 32m

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

Michael has big plans to show his cousin Tommy a good time aboard a luxury yacht until he discovers that the yacht he's chartered is actually an old rusted fishing boat. But when modern-day pirates chase the fishing boat, the boys are forced to jump ship, leaving them stranded on a desert island with the boat's captain, Jake Hunter.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Lange

Written by

Carey Hayes · Chad Hayes

Joey Lawrence

Joey Lawrence

Michael Woods

Matthew Lawrence

Matthew Lawrence

Jake Hunter

Andrew Lawrence

Andrew Lawrence

Tommy Biggs

Susan Walters

Susan Walters

Jules Biggs

S

Stephen Burleigh

Glenn Woods

Anthony Brandon Wong

Anthony Brandon Wong

Frakes

Jaime Passier-Armstrong

Jaime Passier-Armstrong

Jonas

Court is in session

Put Jumping Ship on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.