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Cops, Crazies, and Hankies: Movie Critics' Roundup
The Box
Cop Out
Marking the first time Kevin Smith has directed a film he didn't write, "Cop Out" plays as a riff on '80s-style buddy-cop action-comedies. The cast is inspired, with Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, and Seann William Scott all hamming it up for the camera. Unfortunately, the critics aren't impressed. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gives the movie one and a half out of four stars and calls it "your standard idiotic story about buddy cops."
Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman had a similar take on the effort, calling it a "barely satirical homage." His grade: C-. Online critic James Berardinelli was slightly kinder, giving "Cop Out" two stars out of four. Still, according to Berardinelli, "It's tough generating much enthusiasm for a movie that does a lot of things but none of them well." And for those fans of "30 Rock" who would follow Tracy Morgan to the ends of the earth, critic Matt Pais has these words of warning: "Just because Tracy Morgan's in it doesn't mean it's funny."
Cops, Crazies, and Hankies: Movie Critics' Roundup
The Box
Cop Out
Marking the first time Kevin Smith has directed a film he didn't write, "Cop Out" plays as a riff on '80s-style buddy-cop action-comedies. The cast is inspired, with Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, and Seann William Scott all hamming it up for the camera. Unfortunately, the critics aren't impressed. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gives the movie one and a half out of four stars and calls it "your standard idiotic story about buddy cops."
Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman had a similar take on the effort, calling it a "barely satirical homage." His grade: C-. Online critic James Berardinelli was slightly kinder, giving "Cop Out" two stars out of four. Still, according to Berardinelli, "It's tough generating much enthusiasm for a movie that does a lot of things but none of them well." And for those fans of "30 Rock" who would follow Tracy Morgan to the ends of the earth, critic Matt Pais has these words of warning: "Just because Tracy Morgan's in it doesn't mean it's funny."