The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
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All Critics (11) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (8) | DVD (1)
Freebie (James Caan) is a cop whose corruption is supposed to be charming.
Richard Rush's tasteless film, from a spitball script by Robert Kaufman, utilized lots of stunt and action crews disturbing the peace all over San Francisco.
On the whole, a film one can live without.
It has a cast of otherwise good actors doing bits of business (sometimes called acting) as if they thought they could upstage all of the movie's automobiles, which are seldom still.
One of those obnoxious wisecracking buddy cop movies about dimwit cops that fails to be funny.
The humor is tasteless and racist, but the action scenes are fantastically choreographed and executed.
The best darn movie of the seventies you've never seen.
Back in 1974, this type of frenetic crud was considered to be popular entertainment.
Caan and Arkin have great chemistry and the vehicle stunts are spectacular in this entertaining, very 1970s buddy-cop movie.
Rush's movie can be enjoyed as kitsch, but it plays better as an early stab at a Lethal Weapon-style movie, effortlessly combining violence and humour.
Thoroughly awesome, the first real buddy cop film is also one of the best. Totally ridiculous and full of shenanigans.
Super Reviewer
I don't really know if Freebie and the Bean classifies as the first buddy cop film, but if it is, it's the best one I've ever seen. It's hard to believe that a comedy like this starring Alan Arkin and James Caan as a duo was ever made, but it was. The dialogue feels fresh and must have been adlibbed. The caper isn't much of a caper but that isn't really the point. The point is following these two lunatics around in their daily lives from one catastrophe to the next and enjoying every minute of it. The Warner Archive put this out not too long ago with a terrific picture but only the trailer as an extra. I hope this gets some special edition love sometime soon as it's a terrific little gem.
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