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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyWrong 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.
- 60The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'AngeloDupieux might have done better to construct an entire movie around his best idea.
- 50Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleThis meandering lark about a corrupt, spiteful and hopelessly distracted police force in a decriminalized, sun-scorched city never quite finds the funny bone.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovIt’s really just a tortuous series of blackout sketches hung together with the flimsiest of threads.
- 25Boston GlobeLoren KingBoston GlobeLoren KingNo doubt a labor of love, the result is just plain laborious for the audience.
- 10The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijWith jokes that fall flat so often, the film’s cardiograph flatlines before the first five minutes are over.
- 10Village VoiceErnest HardyVillage VoiceErnest HardyWrong Cops is a tedious exercise in self-consciously hip lowbrow comedy.
- 0VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasA monstrously unfunny “Police Academy”/“Reno 911” knockoff directed with just enough winking self-awareness to seem both insipid and pretentious.