Cop and a Half

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Richard E You cannot judge this movie by post-2000 standards. Yes, Burt Reynolds is a little stiff. The script is silly and the villains are terrible. But this is a kid's movie and the kid steals the show. He's great. Back in ‘93, this was a middle of the pack movie with a standout little actor. There are worse ways to spend 90 minutes. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/03/23 Full Review Cyrus K You know who should never be near kids, Burt Reynolds. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/31/22 Full Review Audience Member It's the funniest Burt Reynolds family comedy ever starring a kid as a cop's half of a partner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review steve d Not a single new idea or moment not stolen from a better film. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Cop and a Half is not good. The actors have a decent dynamic and Henry Winkler is trying his best as a director but this movie is nothing than your generic '90s family comedy about children being placed in an absurd position of power. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review jacob l The "buddy cop" comedies, one of the most overused formulas in modern cinema consisting of an independent non-cooperative cop being forced to partner up and by the end of the film the cop learns the power of teamwork! Now take the cop and pair him up with an elementary school kid and you get one of the most preposterous, unfunny, train wrecks of a movie you will ever see in your entire life called "Cop & 1/2." The plot consists of an 8-year-old boy named Devon Butler (Norman D.Golden II) who dreams of becoming a cop and finally sees his chance to become one after witnessing a murder, and only willing to hand over the information if they make him a cop! And believe it or not, his outrageous demands are granted, as Butler is teamed up with veteran cop Nick McKenna (Burt Reynolds) who of course is rightfully upset with being given an 8-year-old as his partner. Now does any of this seem plausible? The problem with this set-up is that the movie takes place in a real-world scenario, which means even though it's a fictional comedy it still has to abide by the rules of the real world. Now with that said we have a police department who allows a kid to bribe them into putting him on the force with a grown man he has never met as his partner and is allowed to be put in danger just so the police department can get a statement, and apparently his grandmother (his main guardian) sees no problem with this, in fact, she even allows him to stay over at his adult partners house! And even Reynolds character is ok with it! Never in any genre, setting, etc would this ever be allowed to happen! First of all his grandma would be in trouble with child protective services, the police department would be under investigation, and Reynolds would be accused of being a child molester! That's only the problems I had with the plot! I haven't yet mentioned the complete lack of comedy in this film which is probably because the only gag the screenwriters came up with was to have a cop paired up with a school boy. That's right another film revolving around a single gag kind of like Mr. Magoo but without even the slightest bit of humor. The acting is cheesy; the characters are forgettable and unrealistic, and the production value resembles that of a shitty low budget 90's sitcom. But because it's so ridiculous and also because I'm extremely generous, I will give it 1.5/5 stars for its sheer audacity. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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