Cop and a Half

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Summary: THIS MOVIE ****!
Review: Easily Reynolds' worst movie. The plot isn't half bad, but the movie ****! What I don't get, is how in a way, it is a big hit. I am just so surprised that Burt Reynolds actually agreed to do this!!

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Summary: The sets and the props were first class all the way!
Review: Henry you got the right crew for the job. I just wish they didn't cut out your Fonz scene on the float in the parade that never was. See the movie as a child and you will truely love it. That is what was meant for.

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Summary: Utter pig poop
Review: I cannot emphasize how much I hated this movie. I knew it would be bad; so why did I watch it?! Sometimes I just have to find movies that I can put on my all-time worst list. This is an abjectly painful account of a pint-sized witness to a crime, who will give the police information in exchange for partnership with Burt Reynolds as a diminutive law enforcer. T.V.'s Webster has nothing on this kid in terms of "I'm-so-annoyingly-in-your-face-that-I'm-cute" syndrome. All the way through this paralyzingly awful movie we're subjected to lower-than-low juvenile humor; the nadir being when the kid and Reynolds play "crossing swords" with their urine over a toilet. God save us.

Rating:
Summary: Utter pig poop
Review: I cannot emphasize how much I hated this movie. I knew it would be bad; so why did I watch it?! Sometimes I just have to find movies that I can put on my all-time worst list. This is an abjectly painful account of a pint-sized witness to a crime, who will give the police information in exchange for partnership with Burt Reynolds as a diminutive law enforcer. T.V.'s Webster has nothing on this kid in terms of "I'm-so-annoyingly-in-your-face-that-I'm-cute" syndrome. All the way through this paralyzingly awful movie we're subjected to lower-than-low juvenile humor; the nadir being when the kid and Reynolds play "crossing swords" with their urine over a toilet. God save us.

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Summary: The Human Complex
Review: Subtle and engrossing film study on human interaction in the face of internal and external conflict. Nick McKenna (Burt Reynolds) must come to grips with a life-long intolerance rooted in agism and perhaps even racism when he is forced to partner up with young witness Devon Butler (Norman D. Golden II). Butler, a young African-American man in the south, has issues of his own to deal with, issues that a white male member of the police force could not possibly understand. His is a somewhat underwritten role, but the Black-White dichotomy is directed beautifully by upstart director Henry Winkler (Fonzie of television's "Happy Days"). Make no mistake, however, this is Reynolds' movie, and the part seems to be written for him. The adaptation that McKenna undergoes over the course of this film is on one level charming but also moving. The turbulent and violent finale is somewhat derivative of Kurosawa, but like his work it will stick with you for days.

Burt Reynolds dares once again to defy the constricts of genre, this time putting the cop-buddy motif on it's ear. He proves once again that he is one of the great character actors of our time. Newcomer Norman D. Golden II is sensational as Devon Butler. His role is to both provoke and nurture change in Reynolds' character. This is a tall order for a screen rookie, but it works. The chemistry that evolves, and the unspoken trust that it in turn provides, is well-paced and believable. If nothing else, this movie is as real as the complex human condition residing within all of us.

My only reservation in not giving this film five stars is that it was not allowed to be shot in the grainy black and white that Winkler had envisioned. The studio chiefs at Universal certainly missed out on this. As it stands, however, "Cop and a Half" truly embodies the gritty tough elements we've come to expect from this type of film, but does so in unconventional ways that will challenge any student of film.

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Summary: Horrible film.........yet why do I love it so?
Review: There is not one second of this film that is defensible from an artistic point of view. The story (an old grizzled cop reluctantly teams up with a precocious kid to solve a case) contains not an ounce of originality, yet there is genuine charm! Reynolds is clearly tired, frustrated, and has that look in his eye like he wants to murder his agent, but he had my attention. Why? I suppose a team of scientists working 'round the clock could never discover its strange appeal, yet I will not deny its effect. And the scene at the end when it is revealed that they share the same style of boots? Shamelessly sappy and cornball, yet I'll be damned if I didn't stand up and cheer.

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Summary: Horrible film.........yet why do I love it so?
Review: There is not one second of this film that is defensible from an artistic point of view. The story (an old grizzled cop reluctantly teams up with a precocious kid to solve a case) contains not an ounce of originality, yet there is genuine charm! Reynolds is clearly tired, frustrated, and has that look in his eye like he wants to murder his agent, but he had my attention. Why? I suppose a team of scientists working 'round the clock could never discover its strange appeal, yet I will not deny its effect. And the scene at the end when it is revealed that they share the same style of boots? Shamelessly sappy and cornball, yet I'll be damned if I didn't stand up and cheer.

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Summary: THE TIGHTEST MOVIE EVER!
Review: Well there has never been a finer movie ever made! The quality of scenes like the Twinkie fight of when Devon gets his head in the toilet are simply some of the most classic ever. And Burt Reynolds? Ooh, easily his best work to date. I love the grandma and especially Reynolds lump milk and his extremly "good aim"!