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Cop Out

R Released Feb 26, 2010 1h 43m Comedy Crime Drama Action List
18% Tomatometer 163 Reviews 39% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
Veteran detective Jimmy Monroe (Bruce Willis) needs money to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, so he decides it's time to sell his prized '52 Pafko baseball card. Before he can turn it into cash, it's stolen, and Jimmy and his partner, Paul (Tracy Morgan), confront a gangster who is obsessed with sports memorabilia. First, Jimmy and Paul have to rescue a beautiful murder-witness who has the key to a fortune in offshore bank accounts.
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Cop Out is a cliched buddy action/comedy that suffers from stale gags and slack pacing.

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Anna Smith metro.co.uk In all, though, Cop Out is not much cop. Rated: 2/5 Aug 23, 2018 Full Review Keith Uhlich Time Out Desperation oozes from every frame. Rated: 1/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Laremy Legel Film.com Joyless, pointless, humorless. Rated: D May 6, 2011 Full Review Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Bruce Willis has teamed with a fast-talking Black comedian in a violent, funny and gloriously R-rated throwback to ’80s buddy-cop action films. That movie was 1991’s "The Last Boy Scout" with Damon Wayans. "Cop Out" is a shockingly inept endurance test. Rated: 1/4 Nov 20, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review So one-dimensional and inadequately made that it’s hard to recommend to anyone except the most devoted fan of the talent involved. Rated: 2/4 Aug 22, 2023 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) The limit of repugnance… in its own way, it's also a punishment. [Full review in Spanish] Jul 20, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Lainie B 38 minutes in, and I turned it over. I love Bruce, but this was not his finest. And Tracy, loud but no substance. Sorry guys Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review alan g Bad movie. Who thought Tracy Morgan could act anyway? Bruce Willis phones it in. And they made a sequel? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/18/24 Full Review jacob b The one movie Kevin Smith directed but didn't write and...it really shows. There's none of his wit, enjoyable discussions on how there's no way everyone on Death Star II was a bad guy or ability to provoke thoughts amidst all the swearing. He's very much directing somebody else's film whose script is filled with lame pop-culture references and tons of buddy cop clichés. Lethal Weapon or Hot Fuzz, this is not (I've never seen The Other Guys). Cop Out is not good, in case you couldn't tell. It's an unfunny, by-the-numbers action comedy whose leads lack any chemistry and whose best jokes were all in the trailers, naturally. Which include Seann William Scott, by the way. Yes, Stifler is in most of the marketing but he's nowhere near as prominent in the film as the trailers might have you believe. If you think he's going to be the Joe Pesci to our two heroes' Riggs and Murtaugh, you've got another thing coming. And the gags that hit only made me giggle rather than LOL like in the View Askewniverse or the retconned-into-the-'verse Zack and Miri. The set-up seems okay and there could've been something decent in here, especially with a rather dark villain but Cop Out sadly missed the mark. An unfunny, directed-on-autopilot, awkwardly-placed buddy cop film whose behind-the-scenes drama is arguably more memorable than the movie itself. Can't say I blame Smith for abandoning the mainstream after this oddball in his filmography; as a director-for-hire. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member All it felt like was a ripoff off the Other Guys. Literally felt like I was watching a remake of the Other Guys but with a 1 million dollar budget instead of the 45 they claim to have used. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member I don't understand the low reviews on this movie. It is one of the funniest films I know. The cast works very well together. Not to mention there is almost no time in the movie where you are not laughing. I have seen this master piece over 50 times and yet to get sick of it. Please disregard some of the negative reviews, and give this movie a shot... you will not regret it! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Henry R Hands down one of the best comedy movies of all time Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/21/20 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Veteran detective Jimmy Monroe (Bruce Willis) needs money to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, so he decides it's time to sell his prized '52 Pafko baseball card. Before he can turn it into cash, it's stolen, and Jimmy and his partner, Paul (Tracy Morgan), confront a gangster who is obsessed with sports memorabilia. First, Jimmy and Paul have to rescue a beautiful murder-witness who has the key to a fortune in offshore bank accounts.
Director
Kevin Smith
Producer
Marc Platt, Michael Tadross, Polly Johnsen
Screenwriter
Robb Cullen, Mark Cullen
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Marc Platt Productions
Rating
R (Pervasive Language|Brief Sexuality|Sexual References|Violence)
Genre
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 26, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$44.9M
Runtime
1h 43m
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