Iffy for 16+
Crude Tracy Morgan comedy falls completely flat.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this buddy cop comedy (starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan) is directed by Kevin Smith, who is infamous for pushing the limits of an R-rating. This movie is no exception. Both themovie's humor, language, and violence are pretty extreme. Not only are there so many swear words (F-bombs in particular) it's nearly impossible to count, but there are lots of explicit sexual jokes (about everything from positions to prison rape to infidelity), though no actual sex scenes. The violence isn't grisly, but there is a considerable body count and several gang-style executions.
- Families can talk about Jimmy and Paul's relationship. Are they good partners? How are they more loyal to each other than anyone else in their lives?
- What about the violence? How do the violence and comedy relate to each other?
- Is all of the swearing necessary? Does strong language make the dialogue funnier, or does it lose its impact, because it's used so often?
- How do Kevin Smith and the screenwriters pay tribute to past cop comedies? How does this movie compare to others in the genre?
The good stuff
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Messages: Despite several underlying positive messages -- a strong theme of cooperation and teamwork, wives should be trusted, daughers will love fathers even if they can't pay for fancy weddings, and people should know better than to mess with police partners -- the violence, language, and immature behavior the police officers engage in makes getting a positive message out of this film difficult.
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Role models: Between unrepentant drug dealers and criminals, a husband who doesn't trust his wife, and police partners who violate their suspension for a personal, financially motivated reason, the characters in this movie aren't exactly positive role models. Even the supporting characters are negative role models: the generous step-father character is a jerk, the wealthy robbery victim is a gun-toting materialistic woman, and the Russian doctor is willing to sacrifice his wife before his new Mercedes.
What to watch for
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Violence: There's at least a dozen murders in this movie, several of which are brutal gangland executions. Others are the result of shoot-outs between criminals and cops. It's not bloody violence, like "Pulp Fiction" because the camera tends to pull away or focus on the killer, as opposed to the murder victims. There are two scenes of torture, in which a drug kingpin with a baseball bat hits balls into a victim's torso. In one scene a kid kicks a cop in the groin and the cop kicks the boy back.
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Sex: Although there are no actual love scenes in the movie, there are many, often graphic, sexual references. For example: Dave makes jokes about several specific sexual positions that Paul's wife enjoys. He also makes jokes about anal rape and sex while temporarily in jail. Paul waggles his eyebrows at his wife and tells her he knows she married him because he's "orally fixated." Debbie wears lingerie and pretends she's going to sleep with a man, in order to get back at Paul for placing a nanny-cam in their bedroom. Paul tells Jimmy about Bonobo chimpanzees and their sexual proclivities in the wild.
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Language: Unsurprisingly, this is a veritable F-word-fest. It's fair to say that every conversation includes several F-bombs and its cousin, "motherf--ker." Other oft-said words include "p---y," "bitch," "a--hole," "dick," "s--t," "c--ksucker," and more. Occasional "goddamn" and "Jesus Christ" used as exclamations.
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Consumerism: Not an issue
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Drinking, drugs and smoking: Adult characters drink at dinner and at a bar. The movie's central criminal is a drug dealer. There are many discussions about the drug trade, his connections, and his ambitions to rule the New York drug supply.
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COP OUT! by imaxtothemax1231
this movie was amazing! hilarious, exciting, and very action pact! i dont see how there is pervasive language? there was not any sexual terms or any swear words refering to sex. there was f*** bombs, and a few different other ones, but overall it was not that bad for me. and i dont feel uncomfortable bringing my 11 year old son along to this movie because it was not as bad as you would think it is. i would definetely see this movie again!
4
Cop Out by jamespoohbear
Slightly above average buddy cop flick only because of the decent chemistry between Morgan and Willis. Pollak and Lee were fine as the bumbling back-up cop crew. I couldn't even tell it was Jason Lee until the credits rolled. Stay for the very last scene to get a great chuckle from Sean William Scott. With the female supporting characters serving as the status quo eye candy, the boys will probably like this movie better than their dates.
4
Cop Out by pattieann
funny, interesting, language, action &enjoyment
5
Five Word Review by traciglenn
Comedy that keeps you LOLing
5
80's Homage by Xodar
I appreciated this movie for what it was. At times it felt, in both cinematography and in dialogue like such mainstays of the genre as 48 hours, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, and The Last Boyscout. Willis and Morgan are hilarious, and any scene he is in is completely stolen by Sean William Scott. Kevin Pollak's portrayal of the antagonistic "other" detective that "has your back in the end" was sublime.
It had moments of bad taste as you expect from Kevin Smith, but in the sense that your jaw drops and then you laugh out loud. The soundtrack was great, and was yet another homage to 80's buddy cop movies. I left the theatre chuckling.
4
The movie was pretty good. by musiclovr528
There were some humorous parts, but I thought it was going to be funnier. Tracy Morgan is just downright funny. The only part I found disturbing was the 11 yr. old boy cursing like he was. Other than that and the fact that I was expecting the movie to be funnier, I thought it was good. The dialogue was good, the acting was good, and the storyline was good. Definitely not a kid movie.
4
COP OUT by Chatoune
Amusing and funny. Entertaining.