Bill Goodykoontz (23 May 2012)

A movie that makes little sense, is dumb when it's not being stupid and yet is still at times laugh-out-loud funny.

John (23 May 2012)

3 or 4 laughs in a vast wasteland

When I say three or four laughs, I mean three or four people in a theater of two hundred souls laughed. Several people walked out at the midpoint.Bruce Willis will bring this film to life, I kept telling myself. I was wrong. The inane dialogue, unbelievable characters, episodic screenplay, poor acting by an alleged comic, and bad direction doomed this film.One person who laughed near me did have the grace to look embarrassed when he noticed no one else was laughing.

Marshall Fine (22 May 2012)

This alleged action-comedy is flatter than a tortilla in a panini press...C'mon, Kevin Smith, quit smoking weed and write a new movie of your own.

TxMike (22 May 2012)

Yeah, this is pretty much a waste of a movie, not very funny and not very deep.

My friend and I just today were discussing the sad state of movies, itseems that more and more trash is being turned out. This one isn'tquite trash, but is very very close. It is nominally billed as acomedy, but there are a number of cold-blooded murders, one takingplace in a church. There is of course lots of raw language, but mostoffensive are the distasteful topics the characters often discuss, forno other reason to be raunchy.Bruce Willis is the star, Jimmy Monroe, Brooklyn cop. As we are led tobelieve in all movies, and perhaps it is true, Brooklyn cops don't makemuch money so Jimmy will have a problem funding his daughters upcomingwedding. Especially when he finds out the bill will be around $48,000.Jimmy's partner for 9 years is Tracy Morgan as Paul Hodges.Stereotypically, Jimmy is a bright, intelligent, aware cop and Paul isa dufus, and when a crime is in progress he is usually totally unaware.Their interactions are mostly for laughs but most of it isn't veryfunny.So in this movie two key elements collide ... Jimmy has a rare,original issue baseball card that he believes will fetch as much as$80,000 so he will ask the local card dealer to find a buyer, so he cangive his daughter a proper wedding without relying on her stepfather tofoot the bill. Plus, Jimmy and Paul get on the trail of a Hispanic drugcartel in Brooklyn, who somehow end up with Jimmy's baseball card aftera robbery.MAJOR SPOILERS: For those who may care, don't read before watching themovie, but I recommend you skip it anyway. When they finally catch upwith the drug lord, and have to shoot him, a bullet through the heartfrom Paul's gun goes right through the rare baseball card in the crooksvest pocket, so it becomes worthless. So the father in law has to payfor the wedding after all.

Se Ma (17 May 2012)

Bad acting, horrible movie

The first thing that hit me strong when started to watch the movie-that I was wondering whose decision and what kind of politics stoodbehind hiring Tracy Morgan for the main character next to Bruce Willis!What a mistake! His play is so forced that it brought down the qualityof the whole movie at once. Did not matter any longer how well theothers were playing they were unable to balance out all he has messedup! Very bad acting, one may wonder how he got actually to a pointwhere he has been considered to be casted at all. I always wonder whywhen they cast black actors for similar movies like these have to be 10dB louder than all the other actors to get attention. Always being loudno dynamics is plain considered just bad acting, and we got back to myfirst point. If they wanted to make one of those typical movies where awhite cop has to work with a black cop but they are so different but atthe end they become best buddies, I am sure there would have beenbetter choices to pick from. I understand that they may have wanted tointroduce a "new" main character black comedian to the audiences but Iam sure there are plenty better to choose from, if not then theyshould've just rewrote the script to let say an American white cop andan Irish white cop or stgh. scenario. It was quite visible on BruceWillis he must've felt the same way as his acting energy has been drawnaway on the side of Tracy Morgan hence Willis was not his usualself.you could see he was sweating through the movie from beingannoyed, that no matter how much he was trying to drag the drowning actout of the the deep he was too alone and lost his power to do so. Thesupporting actors however did an amazing job including Ana de laReguera, Cory Fernandez, and Guillermo Díaz. I was very pleased withKevin Pollak and Adam Brody's acting as well. Seann William Scott didvery well too however the script was very bad they wrote for him but hestill brought out the best of it. I also think the script could've beenstronger as it used so typical turns that even a 2 years old afterseeing just 5 movies in his whole life could've guessed what willhappen in the next scene. Well since I said it all it is now up to youwhether you want to waste time no this movie.

philfreez (17 May 2012)

sadly for Smith\Willis

One of the worst movie of Kevin Smith. I find the plot verypredictable... too predictable for a director who have directed sobrilliant (and cult)comedies like Clerks 1&2 and Mall Rats. And inaddiction i love many movies where Willis perform the role of adisaster ed cop (like the 4 Die Hards and the Last Boyscout) I didexpected more from this movie by judging over the cast and thedirection.I love Kevin Smith and i love Bruce Willis , but this movie , sadly ,don't do justice to neither. Comic scenes don't make me laugh andaction scenes simply don't made me enthusiast

Steve Pulaski (10 May 2012)

Don't blame it on Smith

It isn't Kevin Smith's fault Cop Out's turn out was ugly. I'm sure ifhe was in charge of writing, not directing, we wouldn't get terriblyunfunny scenes shouting "no, no, no, hell no" over and over again.During one of Kevin Smith's brilliant Q&A sessions I'm sure he'll bringup Cop Out, and while discussing the film, all of his comments willmost likely be funnier than the film itself.I like Bruce Willis, he's one of the most notable movie heroes inAmerican cinema. I also like Tracy Morgan, a guy who easily walks intotrouble when he is doing a comedy special. They both play a veryforced, and a very uninspired duo as two NYPD officers Jimmy Monroe, adivorced father, and Paul Hodges, a loud-mouth, paranoid husband.Jimmy's wife left him because of his constant obsessions with his job,and since is trying to give his daughter the wedding of her dreams. Theonly way to do so, is to sell an ultra-rare 1952 edition Andy Pafkobaseball card worth maybe tens of thousands of dollars. They are sooncaught up in a drug lord's plot after Jimmy is robbed of his card whenhe is about to have it appraised. The two go on a wild and insanerampage to retrieve this card.The dialog is composed of Bruce Willis's stern attitude, Tracy Morgan'sunnecessary shouting, and an annoying and mundane good cop/bad cop actwith the two of them. Seann William Scott also appears doing nothing tohelp the screenplay by just mimicking everything the characters say.That's the idea for comedy.There is also one scene which is about thirty seconds of unnecessarybowel movement talk when Jimmy and Paul see a burglar go to thebathroom in the house. Why? Who thinks it is funny to see grown men,especially Bruce Willis of all people, talk seriously for more thanthree seconds on bathroom humor? The film still has its share of funnymoments. There are a few one-liners I found cute and amusing, and thestory did keep me slightly interested for most of the film. It justshocks me to see Kevin Smith's name on a picture that lacks any form offormal or well performed dialog and includes characters, performed bybig name actors, that are hardly even "characters" at all. They arenothing more than two cop units in the storyline.Centered around clichés, bathroom humor, and a barely passablestoryline, Cop Out is a mess of all forms. It can't tell if it wants tobe a satire on buddy cop movies, or an action film that includes clichéchases and bad dialog. Whatever it is trying to be, it doesn't comeclose to succeeding.Starring: Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan. Directed by: Kevin Smith.

Frode (10 May 2012)

Just awful

Movies in this genre usually do the trick for me. They are not meant tomake a huge impact on you, just give you some good laughs for an hourand a half or so. This movie however, fails in every way possible. Theplot is bad and not even remotely interesting. A valuable baseball cardthat Jimmy Monroe (Bruce Willis) is selling to pay for his daughterswedding, gets stolen from him, and he and his partner, Paul Hodges(Tracy Morgan), gets themselves into a big mess trying to get it back.I don't know what Bruce Willis was thinking when he agreed to do thismovie, and watching him on screen makes me believe he had some regrets.He actually looks bored during most scenes, and there is no chemistrybetween him and Tracy. As if it's not bad enough that Bruce puts on theworst performance I have ever seen from him, Tracy Morgan managed tomake me hate his character so much, that I actually hoped he was hurtin the scene where a kid kicks him in the nuts.To top things off, there are two other "buddy-cops" in the movie,played by Adam Brody and Kevin Pollak. They add nothing to the storyexcept for 20 minutes extra run time.Looking for a nice buddy-cop movie to get some quick laughs? Then keeplooking. Cop Out is nothing more than 1 hour and 47 minutes of yourlife that you can never get back.

Quietb-1 (09 May 2012)

Kicked off the plane.

There are plenty of heavy people flying. The pilot kicked Kevin Smithoff the plane because he paid good money to see "Cop Out".Not much original in this one. Everything feels rehashed even the badtitle. Worse then the title is the tag line "Rock with you glock out inyour hand." It's not the band instrument. If that doesn't win it's sureto be nominated for worst tag line of the year.The writers must have written this on a computer infected with aTourette's virus. Everyone swore, including the eleven year old kid.There was swearing in three languages: English, Spanish and sub-titles.When the movie has the profanity removed for network television it willbe a silent movie.The homage sequence comes off so poorly that Bruce Willis has to recitethe references like plagues at a Passover Seder. Given the option anymovie mentioned would be a better choice over this one.The subplot about Morgan's beautiful wife having an affair felt likefiller. If she were smart she would leave him for a better movie.There's a major problem with tone. It's hard to meld executions stylemurders with attempted jokes. There was a sweet moment at end whenBruce's daughter mouths, "I love you" to her father. The short sequenceduring the credits had to come fast because they knew the audiencewould rush out of the theater.It's a stretch to call it a film because it looks like it was shot onvideo with most scenes lit by flashlights. There were a few unnecessarydissolves that looked like they were done in the camera because itcould.Tracy Morgan worked hard. Bruce Willis phoned in his performance. Heactually looked bored during the stupid banter scene in the car withTracy Morgan and Seann William Scott. Bruce you are at the stage inyour career where you need to be careful. Soon instead of the PaulNewman roles you'll get the Lloyd Bridges or Wilfred Brimley gigs.The best thing about this movie were the other movie trailers beforeit.

(08 May 2012)

Tracy Morgan Overdose!!

Good Lord! A little Tracy Morgan goes a long way.This is just what the world needs: another "Buddy Cop" retread, including the mandatory car chase scenes. Is it funny? Rarely. Bruce Willis' mumblings paired with Tracy Morgan's insane behavior make watching Cop Out a chore. By the numbers all the way - nothing new here folks, keep walking....

Andrew Barker (06 May 2012)

Smith's directorial style is far too slack for this material, which aims to be an homage to populist '80s classics like 48 Hrs. and Lethal Weapon, but only winds up resembling one of the bargain-bin knockoffs that floundered in those films' wake.

Erik Childress (06 May 2012)

If this is the film that gets Kevin Smith the money to make his Fletch film, then we can chalk it up as a necessary evil. But please someone give him the money so we never have to sit through another Cop Out ever again.

David Nusair (05 May 2012)

Unquestionably Kevin Smith's weakest movie to date...

jsorenson777 (04 May 2012)

sad waste of time

Bruce Willis playing Bruce Willis as a cop. Morgan playing Morgan as a cop. No chemistry. The cops look like actors playing cops. The sets look like sets.Editing like blind quilting - just covering holes with pieces. If there is a story here it is overshadowed by buddy-movie clichés andhackneyed formulas strung together. Like a movie about the making of a bad movie. The only laughter here is from Willis and Morgan on their way to thebank. Only redeeming value is that it is thoroughly forgettable.

Jane Stevenson (28 April 2012)

While still a rude, crude and chatty man film, as Smith's movies often are, Cop Out works.

Armond White (28 April 2012)

Smith's staging, composition, editing and humor mark him as utterly incompetent.

(24 April 2012)

Don't buy it

This movie was just not what I thought it was going to be. It took to long to even get into the movie and then the plot dragged on to something that really had nothing to do with the opening movie. I mean really it was like they forced the movie to go together. Tracy Morgan was a babbling bafoon. How do cops end up working for the drug dealer they were originally after? It did have some laughs. I will give it that. The part with the kid left me with mixed feelings. So I say rent the movie don't buy it. You won't be mad if you spend 3.50 to rent the movie and everybody watch it at once but buying the movie is to much money for it even if it is on sale.

(24 April 2012)

Skip It, Save Your Money!

As a big fan of Bruce Willis for 25 years, and director Kevin Smith for 16 years, I hoped for movie magic when they teamed up on "Cop Out". I was VERY disappointed, though, and the film's biggest problem can be summed up in two words: Tracy Morgan. Unfunny, whining, and constantly mugging at the camera, Morgan may be Willis' worst co-star, ever (How bad is he? Seann William Scott, with less than 10 minutes of screen time, has more laughs than Morgan provides, the entire film). Willis spends most of "Cop Out" simply staring at Morgan and his unrelenting stream of chatter (director Smith, apparently, allowed him to ad lib at will).It's supposedly a cop comedy (involving drugs, a kidnapped wife, and a stolen baseball card), and a 'hilarious' send-up of buddy films. It fails at both, and wastes the talents of Willis, Scott, Kevin Pollak, Adam Brody, Jason Lee, Guillermo Díaz, and Ana de la Reguera. It simply isn't worth buying...What a mess!

Jackie K. Cooper (21 April 2012)

A tired and tiring buddy movie that never connects with the audience.

Colin George (21 April 2012)

"Cop Out"

The advanced screening of "Cop Out" I attended probably couldn't haveplayed to a more appreciative audience. It was a packed house, andeveryone had come to laugh—even when Bruce Willis and Tracey Morganweren't saying or doing anything particularly funny. Still, it was hardnot to crack a smile when the audience's uproarious response overwroteentire stanzas of dialogue.I make no apologies for having enjoyed myself watching Kevin Smith'sforgettable new comedy, but take heed, I saw it under probably the bestpossible circumstance.And yet, it's not a matter of sheer infectious giggles. The followingnight, I listened to idiots yuk their way through "Hot Tub TimeMachine," which served to only compound my bitter contempt for itslethargic joke-writing. And if "Hot Tub" was lazy, then my experiencewith "Cop Out" was laissez-faire, in which I found myself perfectlycontent to let the goofy plot unravel, and even between the lines,Willis and Morgan seemed to be having a genuinely good time.For as important as it is, context is rarely credited in opinion. Forexample, I had a great time watching junk like, "Wolverine" and "Fame"because I saw them with friends at the drive-in. I hated "Rocky HorrorPicture Show" because I watched it alone in my room, and I enjoyed "CopOut" because there was a potent positive energy in that theater. I'dprobably agree with Smith's harshest critics on a point-by-point basisof why it isn't a great film, but I can't deny that for me, theexperience remains a net positive memory.The chorus goes something like, 'When the plot isn't clichéd, it'sarbitrary; the humor is reliably sophomoric; as a director, Smith is anabsentee.' Check, check, and definitely check. Not only is "Cop Out"Smith's first collaboration with another writer, but (probably as adefense mechanism following the unsatisfactory box office performanceof "Zack and Miri Make a Porno") he seems to remove himself from theequation altogether. The film appropriately adapts a visual stylecloser to that of a police drama than to "Clerks," and the implicationseems to be that if "Cop Out" is a commercial failure, at least no onecan blame it on Smith.The problem, though, is that he recedes entirely into the background,and while many of the performances are amusing, they generally rely ontried and true shtick that Smith's direction seems to have little to dowith. Perhaps his transparency accounts for the film feeling sometimesaimless, but he gets the job done, and not especially poorly. He doeshave a somewhat lame villain on his hands, whose scenes feel like deadweight in a film that has no business exceeding ninety minutes, and afinal shoot-out that devolves into a series of unearned violent gagsthat come completely out of left field.But with exception to the above gripes, "Cop Out" is a good-natureddiversion undeserving of the incredible rancor with which it's beenmet. My review is somewhat hypocritical by design in that I find myselfcoming to its defense though my thesis boils down to little more than,"It's better than bad.""Cop Out," unlike truly, aggressively unfunny comedies I hear praisefor each year (see: "Hot Tub Time Machine"--or actually, don't see it)is an absent minded piece of escapism that frequently isn't laughinducing, but does have a certain amusing air that makes it an easywatch.I can't speak to how "Cop Out" will play alone in your room when ithits DVD; an audience like mine is tough to come by. Not just any crowdcan make mediocrity shine.