Synopsis
Best pals Ryan and Justin are stalled in their respective careers -- a fact that is painfully driven home when they go to a college reunion. Dressed as police in the mistaken belief that they were to attend a costume party, Ryan and Justin find that the uniforms earn them much respect and attention. Although Justin is uncomfortable with the idea, Ryan decides to continue with the charade, putting them both in increasingly dangerous situations. When these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.
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Cast
- Jake JohnsonRyan Davis
- Damon Wayans Jr.Justin Chang
- Rob RiggleOfficer Segars
- Nina DobrevJosie
- James D'ArcyMossi
- Keegan-Michael KeyPupa
- Andy GarcíaBrolin
- Jon LajoieTodd Cutter
- Tom MardirosianGeorgie
- Natasha LeggeroAnnie
Recommendations
- 67
The A.V. Club
At times, the movie seems to exist for no other purpose than to collide these two personalities together, privileging their antagonistic banter above all else. But isn’t that the basic point of all buddy comedies? - 50
Variety
The mix of raucous buffoonery and violent mayhem isn’t exactly seamless, and the laugh-out-loud moments come with conspicuously less frequency during a third act that suggests a rough draft for “Bad Boys 3.” - 40
New York Daily News
This alleged comedy takes a long time before it gets its first laugh in. The first half is a complete slog and the ending is insulting, but there are a few semi-arresting sketch comedy moments. - 40
TheWrap
With a combination of jokes that don't land and a constant flurry of exposition and plotting to keep these flimsy plates spinning, Let's Be Cops more often than not feels more like a court-ordered defensive-driving class than a rousing high-speed chase. - 40
Los Angeles Times
The movie relies too much on the same comic tension in each scene: Johnson is the gung-ho one, Wayans says no (a lot). - 39
Film.com
The film is confusingly and sloppily put together, edited down to the point that the few genuine jokes of Let’s Be Cops are given precious little time to breathe, before zipping into the next sequence of increasingly irrational events. - 38
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
"What's the worst that could happen?" The answer to that is, you could end up in a summer comedy that's barely funny enough to warrant — ahem — release in the summer. - 38
RogerEbert.com
Despite a premise rife with potential dark humor, there’s too little edge in Let’s Be Cops. Director/co-writer Luke Greenfield chose wacky over witty and the result is a film with no sense of danger, no reason to care and not enough laughs to make the sitcomish handling of a strong premise forgivable.
