Let's Be Cops

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Let's Be Cops

R

2014

1h 44m

Comedy

Action

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Best pals Ryan (Jake Johnson) and Justin (Damon Wayans Jr.) 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.

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Critics Consensus

Damon Wayans, Jr. and Jake Johnson have comedic chemistry; unfortunately, Let's Be Cops fails to do anything with it.

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

11/14/2014

2.5/5

At this point Let's Be Cops loses much of its humour and starts looking like a film Liam Neeson will turn up in any time soon. That's a pity because the first half, about two doofuses playing police, is funny and occasionally sharp.

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

11/11/2014

1/5

The depressingly putrid level of mainstream Hollywood comedy these days is on display in LET'S BE COPS.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

09/22/2014

The chillingly gung-ho darkness that Johnson lends his comic riffs would be the story, if only the director, Luke Greenfield, didn't play the movie solely for laughs, which are few and far between.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

07/20/2025

2/5

The writers have the potential of a unique idea and a decent pair of leads to work with, but it's the real cop stuff that bogs the film down.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

02/01/2021

2/5

The high energy screwball tone of the first hour makes way for a low-rent looking Bad Boys homage in the final half-hour, becoming the very kind of movie it attempted to satirize in the first place.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/14/2020

1.5/4.0

Ends up being a mostly unfunny comedy about characters we don't particularly care about in a situation that doesn't really matter.

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jeneffer D

@RT43782141 May 19

Hilarious. I found this movie too many years later but I am glad I did. It is one of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time

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Ed R

@JustcallmeER May 17

One of the funniest buddy cop movies I guarantee you will watch!

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Ron T

@Ron750 Apr 2

Totally stupid, unrealistic, slapstick comedy. Loved it. Sometimes you just want to shut your brain off, laugh and enjoy a bromantic movie. Definitely not a chick flick. Don’t try these antics at home, it’s a comedy, not a documentary. And a video game that shows how hard it is to be a cop, and encourages respect for authority is sorely needed. Our "geniuses" in government, academia and the judicial system have pretty much screwed up law and order.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Mar 7

Funny action movie in 1 hour and 44 minutes.

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Jordan S.

@jswez Feb 23

Nothing new in this buddy cop comedy, but if you’re a fan of Jake Johnson or Damon Wayans Jr, you’ll enjoy it.

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 Jan 21

There was one line in the movie, where one of the main guys asked the girl "Is that your real name or your stripper name?" I never forgot that line, and it's sooo funny. If someone you know (or don't know) has an uncommon name, I don't recommend you tell this line to them. (Although that would be hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

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Synopsis

Best pals Ryan (Jake Johnson) and Justin (Damon Wayans Jr.) 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.

Director: Luke Greenfield
Producer: Simon Kinberg, Luke Greenfield, Aditya Sood
Screenwriter: Luke Greenfield, Nicholas Thomas
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Genre Films, Twentieth Century Fox, Luke Greenfield, Kinberg Genre, WideAwake
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Sexual References|Some Graphic Nudity|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 13, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $82.4M
Runtime: 1h 44m

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