Chicago – Perhaps “Cop Out” wouldn’t have tarnished Kevin Smith’s reputation so much if he had simply changed his name in the credits to “Kevin Smithee.” This is the dreariest comedy made by a gifted filmmaker since “Year One.” It’s an entirely derivative picture from one of the most distinctive and original voices in modern movies. To quote Fred Willard in “A Mighty Wind,” “Wha’ happened?”
Judd Apatow’s raunchy-yet-relatable comedies are the popular successors to Smith’s classics of the mid-90s (particularly “Chasing Amy”), though Smith’s latest humanistic sex farce, “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” failed to find an audience. After a string of flops and a bout of depression, the disillusioned director decided to shoot a script that he didn’t write, without feeling any tangible connection to the characters onscreen. The result is “Cop Out,” a film so lazy and colorless that...
Judd Apatow’s raunchy-yet-relatable comedies are the popular successors to Smith’s classics of the mid-90s (particularly “Chasing Amy”), though Smith’s latest humanistic sex farce, “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” failed to find an audience. After a string of flops and a bout of depression, the disillusioned director decided to shoot a script that he didn’t write, without feeling any tangible connection to the characters onscreen. The result is “Cop Out,” a film so lazy and colorless that...
- 7/22/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
This is a competition for Cop Out (directed by Kevin Smith and starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Juan Carlos Hernández, Cory Fernandez, Ana de la Reguera, Sean Cullen, Kevin Pollak and Adam Brody. Directed by Kevin Smith (Zack and Miri Make a Porno), Cop Out features two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card who find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster.
- 5/19/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
Film: ‘Cop Out’; Cast: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Cory Fernandez, Ana de la Reguera; Director: Kevin Smith; Rating: **
There’s a right way of making comedies. There’s a wrong way of doing comedies. Then, there’s a Kevin Smith way of directing an uproarious comedy. Or you can say, ‘there was’ if you consider his latest offering ‘Cop Out’.
Jimmy (Bruce Willis) and Paul (Tracy Morgan) work as colleagues in New York Police Department for nine years. Their work is slightly off the books. When their plan to bust a drug cartel backfires, they are suspended without pay for a month.
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There’s a right way of making comedies. There’s a wrong way of doing comedies. Then, there’s a Kevin Smith way of directing an uproarious comedy. Or you can say, ‘there was’ if you consider his latest offering ‘Cop Out’.
Jimmy (Bruce Willis) and Paul (Tracy Morgan) work as colleagues in New York Police Department for nine years. Their work is slightly off the books. When their plan to bust a drug cartel backfires, they are suspended without pay for a month.
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- 4/16/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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