Cop Out: Not a homerun, a solid double maybe a triple.
Movie Reviews March 2nd. 2010, 6:48pmKevin Smith fans might think it a bit timid and some folks will think it too raunchy. Either perspective is probably right. I would have liked some edgier material and thought some of the potty humor a bit boorish. Nevertheless, I thought Cop Out was an OK buddy film with some funny bits and some not so funny bits. Bruce Willis can do comedy and Tracey Morgan is very good and really carries this film. His skills are lost on the small screen. His facial expressions are some of the best parts of the movie. The chemistry is pretty good and both play off each other well. Willis is the straight-man or Abbott to Morgan’s Costello. Seann Thomas Scott adds a third dimension and his scenes are probably the best in the movie. For Smith this is an attempt at a real mainstream type comedy and he largely succeeds. It is entertaining mostly and there is some over the top raunch that you would expect, but overall it is rather tame and you wish Smith would let it all out with Willis and Morgan. It would be risky, but could have been brilliant. We’ll never know. Maybe there are some cut scenes that will show up in an unrated version down the road. Hopefully this will get Tracey Morgan exposed as a real screen talent and we’ll see him more on the big screen.