Coffee & Kareem

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Coffee & Kareem

2020

1h 28m

Comedy

Action

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A 12-year-old's scheme to scare away his mom's new boyfriend, police officer James Coffee, backfires, exposing his family to a secret network of criminal activity.

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An awkward blend of kid-friendly premise and thoroughly adult humor, Coffee & Kareem proves a distinctly unarresting odd couple comedy.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

04/18/2020

1/4

A profoundly irritating, cacophonous mess.

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Steve Pond

TheWrap

04/13/2020

Things quickly escalate into chaos and stay there, but they do so in ways that are not quite funny enough to make you forget the implausibilities or the way serious stuff is played for bad jokes.

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Karen Han

Polygon

04/06/2020

Its uneven start isn't enough to make it a total miss.

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

08/28/2022

1.5/5

Dowse’s film has a degree in crass, specializing in the cringe-worthy.

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Damian Levy

DamianMichaelMovies.com

05/27/2021

Catch It On Cable

The brand of humour relies on shock value, but every now and then it will hit you with something clever that comes along like a slice of pizza in the middle of a low carb diet.

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Nick Levine

NME (New Musical Express)

05/11/2021

2/5

Coffee & Kareem's predictable twists involving bent cops and gangsters who aren't as tough as they seem are reasonably entertaining, but it's difficult to shake the suspicion that this film is fundamentally misjudged.

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Yorman O.

@Yormano Apr 23

Is a sad reflect of how children talk nowadays and show it proudly and as a movie is far to be funny and the acting doesn’t exist

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Chris N

@RT54169837 Apr 20

definitely a worth of a watch, the people that disagree because of the vulgar language of child are too soft nowadays, super funny movie and good cast

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Ed R

@JustcallmeER Nov 21

An awkward blend of kid-friendly premise and thoroughly adult humor, Coffee & Kareem proves a distinctly unarresting odd couple comedy.

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ARNI S

@VikingSon Nov 14

What an awful movie with such filth coming from the mouth of a child. This movie didn't even deserve a half star, it deserved minus five stars. What type of parents allow a child to make a movie like this. Perfect example of degrade in culture and society. Half hour was enough for my spouse and I to turn it off. This is a low intelligence low class movie and the problem with society now day's...

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Anthony R

@RT57108678 06/19/2025

If you are looking for a very funny movie with action this is a must watch on Netflix. And I would love to see a sequel there is many ways they could go with the sequel.

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robert w

@RT88986098 06/07/2025

This is absolutely the most disgusting movie I've seen in a long time why are you guys glorifying a 12-year-old child talking like that hands down one of the worst movies I've ever seen I couldn't even finish it so bad that I wanted to go everywhere and review it it was so bad

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Synopsis

A 12-year-old's scheme to scare away his mom's new boyfriend, police officer James Coffee, backfires, exposing his family to a secret network of criminal activity.

Director: Michael Dowse
Producer: Don Foss, Ed Helms
Screenwriter: Shane Mack
Production Co: Pacific Electric Picture Company
Genre: Comedy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2020
Runtime: 1h 28m