4.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Cop Out (2010)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.0
Overview
Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites—especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his daughter's wedding, Jimmy decides to sell a rare baseball card that's worth tens of thousands. Unfortunately, when the collector's shop is robbed and the card vanishes with the crook, Paul and Jimmy end up going rogue, tracking down the card and the drug ring behind its theft, all on their own time and without any backup—except for each other.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Overview
Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites—especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his daughter's wedding, Jimmy decides to sell a rare baseball card that's worth tens of thousands. Unfortunately, when the collector's shop is robbed and the card vanishes with the crook, Paul and Jimmy end up going rogue, tracking down the card and the drug ring behind its theft, all on their own time and without any backup—except for each other.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Cop Out is a genre-driven buddy-cop comedy that focuses on personal stakes and comedic action, largely devoid of explicit political messaging or ideological leanings. The film's central conflict and its resolution are apolitical, centering on individual characters solving a crime within established law enforcement tropes.
The movie includes visible diversity within its main cast, featuring a Black lead actor in an original role, rather than an explicit race or gender swap of a traditionally white character. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities and does not center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film features a character, Juan, whose perceived effeminacy and sexuality are consistently used as a source of homophobic jokes and slurs by the protagonists. These derogatory comments are presented for comedic effect without narrative critique, contributing to a problematic portrayal that endorses ridicule and harmful stereotypes.
Cop Out includes a scene where a character impersonates a 'transsexual hooker' to intimidate a suspect. This depiction uses cross-dressing and stereotypical mannerisms for comedic effect, relying on harmful tropes. The portrayal lacks dignity or complexity, presenting the persona as a source of ridicule and fear, resulting in a negative impact on transsexual themes.
The film primarily focuses on two male detectives and their interactions with male criminals. No female characters are depicted engaging in or winning close-quarters physical combat against male opponents.
Cop Out is an original film, not an adaptation or a reboot of existing material. All characters were created specifically for this movie, meaning there are no pre-established characters from source material or history whose gender could have been swapped.
Cop Out is an original film with characters created for this specific production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment that establishes the canonical race of its characters before their portrayal in this movie.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.5
5.6
Critic Ratings
1.8
3.1
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