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Cop Car boasts a terrific premise and a grimly gripping opening act -- and for some viewers, that will be enough to compensate for the movie's uneven denouement.
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The good thing about the movie is that, with its eighty minutes, it is concise and clear as it develops practically in real time, which almost eliminates unnecessary pauses for exposure. [Full Review in Spanish] August 15, 2019 | Full Review…
The good thing about the movie is that, with its eighty minutes, it is concise and clear as it develops practically in real time, which almost eliminates unnecessary pauses for exposure. [Full Review in Spanish]
Jorge Loser
This is a superb piece of film-making: tightly edited, fast-paced and incredibly entertaining. July 2, 2019 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
This is a superb piece of film-making: tightly edited, fast-paced and incredibly entertaining.
Grant Watson
Watching Cop Car is a piece of cake (that is if you aren't cursed with a weak stomach). It's a taut, propulsive midnight flick that puts its characters through the ringer without getting a speck of dirt on the audience's hands. March 7, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
Watching Cop Car is a piece of cake (that is if you aren't cursed with a weak stomach). It's a taut, propulsive midnight flick that puts its characters through the ringer without getting a speck of dirt on the audience's hands.
Bernard Boo
With its limited budget, seen in its rural-set locations and single-day narrative, director Jon Watts manages to produce something small and wonderful. November 9, 2018 | Full Review…
With its limited budget, seen in its rural-set locations and single-day narrative, director Jon Watts manages to produce something small and wonderful.
Morgan Rojas
Infused with a youthful energy and a Coen Brothers-esque wit. November 2, 2018 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
Infused with a youthful energy and a Coen Brothers-esque wit.
Jennifer Heaton
Showing as part of the American Dreams strand, Jon Watts's thriller shows how a little imagination can go a long way in compensating for a small budget, with twist piled upon swerve upon handbrake turn. August 24, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Showing as part of the American Dreams strand, Jon Watts's thriller shows how a little imagination can go a long way in compensating for a small budget, with twist piled upon swerve upon handbrake turn.
Alison Rowat
The final act feels like some demented love child between a Coen Brothers film and a Quentin Tarantino film, and it's freaking awesome December 3, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The final act feels like some demented love child between a Coen Brothers film and a Quentin Tarantino film, and it's freaking awesome
Robert Kojder
[Cop Car] doesn't offer much in the way of substantial character development, but that's not a deterrent when the fun twists keep coming. September 13, 2017 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
[Cop Car] doesn't offer much in the way of substantial character development, but that's not a deterrent when the fun twists keep coming.
Ibad Shah
Cop Car is a thriller, and a road thriller, but ultimately: a coming-of-age tale. August 24, 2017 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Cop Car is a thriller, and a road thriller, but ultimately: a coming-of-age tale.
Heather Dockray
For the most part... this is what a b-movie should be: lean, mean, and filled with just enough longueurs to be evocative without slowing the pace. July 8, 2016 | Full Review…
For the most part... this is what a b-movie should be: lean, mean, and filled with just enough longueurs to be evocative without slowing the pace.
Jake Cole
Bacon is super-efficient and Watts maximizes his presence in Cop Car to a frighteningly claustrophobic and creepy factor, ridding every frame of extraneous detail or information. May 31, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Bacon is super-efficient and Watts maximizes his presence in Cop Car to a frighteningly claustrophobic and creepy factor, ridding every frame of extraneous detail or information.
Kaori Shoji
An impossibly sparse indie thriller with a cast of five and not much more going on that its title suggests - which is precisely why it works. April 9, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
An impossibly sparse indie thriller with a cast of five and not much more going on that its title suggests - which is precisely why it works.
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