Wrong Cops
IFC Midnight | Release Date: December 20, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
2
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJan 15, 2014
It’s really just a tortuous series of blackout sketches hung together with the flimsiest of threads. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeLoren KingJan 9, 2014
No doubt a labor of love, the result is just plain laborious for the audience. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleDec 26, 2013
This meandering lark about a corrupt, spiteful and hopelessly distracted police force in a decriminalized, sun-scorched city never quite finds the funny bone. Read full review
10
Village VoiceErnest HardyDec 22, 2013
Wrong Cops is a tedious exercise in self-consciously hip lowbrow comedy. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijDec 19, 2013
With jokes that fall flat so often, the film’s cardiograph flatlines before the first five minutes are over. Read full review
0
VarietyScott FoundasDec 19, 2013
A monstrously unfunny “Police Academy”/“Reno 911” knockoff directed with just enough winking self-awareness to seem both insipid and pretentious. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyDec 19, 2013
Wrong Cops does what underground movies used to do: It gives the viewer the sense that what they’re watching is thoroughly wrong in terms of both behavior and style. What’s missing is the transgressive kick, the sense that a real boundary has been crossed. Read full review
60
The DissolveMike D'AngeloDec 19, 2013
Dupieux might have done better to construct an entire movie around his best idea. Read full review
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