Cop and a Half is a 1993 family/comedy film directed by Henry Winkler, and starring Burt Reynolds and Norman D. Golden II. Cop and a Half was actor Ray Sharkey's final film.
Synopsis
Devon Butler (Golden) is an eight-year old in Tampa who dreams of being a cop. He watches police TV shows, knows police procedures, and plays cops and burglars with his friend Ray. One day, while snooping around in a warehouse, he witnesses a murder. He goes to the police, who want the information, but won't get it until they make Devon a cop. The police then team him with veteran cop (and child hater) Nick McKenna (Reynolds), and the two team up in a comic series of events to find the killer. During their adventures, Devon baits two local teenagers to vandalize the automobile of two mafia associates by saying it is his grandmother's car, prompting one of them to say, "Oh!" The two eventually come to a mutual understanding in order to bring the killer to justice.
Main cast
Soundtrack
Joey Lawrence's "Nothing My Love Can't Fix For You" is used as the end title song.
Reception
Critics were not kind to the movie, It currently holds a 17% "Fresh" rating at the movie review aggregator site RottenTomatoes.com, where only two reviews out of the twelve polled are positive.[1]
Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin wrote, "A hemorrhoid-and-a-half to whoever sits through this abjectly painful comedy, which does for Burt Reynolds' career what Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot did for Sylvester Stallone's." Critic Gene Siskel also excoriated the film, seeing it as indicative of "artistic bankruptcy" on Burt Reynolds' part, and singling out Norman D. Golden II's performance as "awkward". Siskel speculated that NBC thought little of the film when they aired it in its broadcast-network debut, pointing out that they scheduled it opposite the 1997 Super Bowl.[2]
Reynolds won the Razzie Award for Worst Actor for his performance, while Golden was nominated for Worst New Star.
Awards
Norman D. Golden II was nominated for a Young Artist Awards in 1992–1993 for Best Actor Under Ten in a Motion Picture.[3]
Trivia
- Was referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000 in the season 6 episode "Mitchell".
- Justin Parrish was once considered for the role of Devon Butler.
- Professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds has a cameo as the boy from whom Devon steals a skateboard in the movie. Andrew was given the role through his uncle, Burt Reynolds.
- This movie was shot on location in Tampa, Florida.
- This movie was originally proposed as a sequel to "Kindergarten Cop" .
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