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Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan team up for the Warner Bros. police buddy movie Cop Out in this Kevin Smith-directed production. From a script by Robb and Mark Cullen, the story centers around police de... read more read more...tectives Jimmy (Willis), a no-B.S. divorced dad, and Paul (Morgan), a crazy-talking loose cannon. Despite nine years as partners, the two lawmen can still sometimes seem like polar opposites -- especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his daughter's wedding, Jimmy decides to sell a rare baseball card that's worth tens of thousands. Unfortunately, when the collector's shop is robbed and the card vanishes with the crook, Paul and Jimmy end up going rogue, tracking down the card and the drug ring behind its theft, all on their own time, and without any backup -- except for each other. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Kevin Smith

Release Date: February 26, 2010

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DVD Release Date: July 20, 2010

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  • fb1664868775
    November 20, 2011
    fb1664868775
    I guess Kevin Smith is done making good films.
  • CreedsDelight
    August 10, 2011
    CreedsDelight
    Paul: I'll fuck a little kid up if he punches me in the dick.

    'Cop Out' is the "one we do not speak of", according to the many fans of Kevin Smith, who to this date insult this film. I don't particularly agree with these peoples opinions, because I quite liked 'Cop Out'. It's no... read moret a masterpiece or anything, but I laughed a whole lot and found the characters reasonably likable. My gripe with this is the plot, which is plain stupid. The whole "Mexican drug dealers" has been done countless times, and while I appreciate some new ideas that Smith incorporated, I couldn't get into this plot. I did like the actors a lot, particularly Morgan and Willis, who produce some pretty great laughs, but the lazy script (not by Smith), brings a lot of the films potential from great to average. However many people bombard 'Cop Out', I still, to this date find it fun to watch, as I'm sure many people do.

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  • rezpatriot
    July 19, 2011
    rezpatriot
    I feel like I wanted to laugh, but yet it almost felt like Tracy Morgan did most his jokes on a blue screen and Bruce Willis shot his parts in a different part of America. Its was OK.
  • adammahler1
    July 5, 2011
    adammahler1
    A few good jokes. Good performances by Guillermo Diaz as the bad guy and Sean William Scott as a hyper, druggie kind of Hermes trickster. The cops' rapport with the Mexican damsel in distress who can't speak English is the most original thing in the movie, despite the two best fr... read moreiends in Ghost Dog who can't speak each other's language. [UPDATE: I just saw Love Actually.] Willis and Morgan are good enough together, although I wished Willis was less supercop and Morgan was more suave to believably be married to Rashid Jones. Blame the screenplay? A screenplay that pokes fun at a "high concept" formula was bought into by stars, director and studio execs alike as high concept ... Could execs and artists ever be more on the same page?
  • hunterjt13
    June 28, 2011
    hunterjt13
    Two cops who engage in the schtick that only cops in movies engage in (I hope) pursue a drug dealer.
    I didn't know that Kevin Smith could make a film this bad, and now that I've seen it, I can only hope that his next college Q&A session is filled with details and excuses. The pl... read moreot is just as cliche as you would expect; if you've seen any of the Lethal Weapon films or Bad Boys, then you know what happens. But what surprised me most was the quality of the filmmaking. Smith's editing fails to highlight important elements of the plot. Apparently Paul's gun is stolen during a scene, but this event wasn't highlighting by the camerawork or editing. It was as though midway through the film they decided to add this plot twist with no preceding set-up. Even the character construction and dialogue, two of Smith's strengths, are pedestrian. Bruce Willis's character is Bruce Willis, and the same goes for Tracy Morgan. And with the exception of Morgan quoting random lines from famous films, there is none of the typically Smith pop culture references that give his films life. The only hook on which to hang one's hat is the fact that Smith didn't write this piece of shit, only directed.
    Overall, avoid this this film at all costs.
  • DreamExtractor
    May 26, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    I laughed at 2 scenes, it went all downhill then. This was a horrible buddy cop film. Tracy Morgan plays himself, like his other movies. I really was dissapointed with this, it sucked.
  • itsjustme2004
    April 3, 2011
    itsjustme2004
    Lame and pointless...
  • Deano78
    February 16, 2011
    Deano78
    A mixed bag, funny in parts and pretty awful in others. No way near one of the better cop buddy films. I don't find Bruce Willis is suited to comedy at the best of times and I didn't find the other guy funny at all, assume he's a comedian? Catch it on TV.
  • Godless
    January 8, 2011
    Godless
    Generic in every way possible. At the very least Smith gave us Clerks. AT THE VERY LEAST.
  • Crashinkov
    November 5, 2010
    Crashinkov
    flixster users didn't like, also the Critics.. but I think it was't that bad like thay said

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Critic Reviews

Laremy Legel
May 6, 2011
Laremy Legel, Film.com

Joyless, pointless, humorless. Full Review

Tom Long
February 26, 2010
Tom Long, Detroit News

Smith certainly does his thing here, delivering a film that's part celebration and part parody of the well-worn genre. Full Review

Mary F. Pols
February 26, 2010
Mary F. Pols, MSN Movies

It just wants to remind audiences of something they've enjoyed before, like looking at an old photo album. Full Review

Lisa Kennedy
February 26, 2010
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

Cop Out is a little too well-shot to be full-on cheesy and too much a redux to be, well, as fresh as Beverly Hills Cop or Lethal Weapon. Full Review

Richard Roeper
February 26, 2010
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com

An unholy mess. Full Review

Chris Vognar
February 26, 2010
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News

Cop Out is like a parody of a parody of a parody, so derivative and desperate in its pleas for laughter that it's hard to tell when it's making fun of itself and when it has simply run out of ideas. Full Review

Wesley Morris
February 26, 2010
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

The movie wants to send up hoary action- and buddy-movie clichés, including the tinge of gay attraction that passes between the stars. But it's too fuzzily executed to pass muster as satire. Plus, it ... Full Review

Stephen Whitty
February 26, 2010
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

Kevin Smith may have needed a big Hollywood comedy right now, for a lot of reasons. What his old fans still need, though -- and in a hurry -- is a real Kevin Smith movie. Full Review

Claudia Puig
February 26, 2010
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Cop Out is foul-mouthed but not funny, bullet-riddled but not exciting, crammed with contrivances that go nowhere. And, perhaps worst of all, it musters up no chemistry between its buddy-cop leads. Full Review

Colin Covert
February 26, 2010
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Cop Out is a silly waste of time. In other words, it's just what we need right now. Full Review

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