Cops And Robbersons (1994)
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15% of critics liked it
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26% of users liked it
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In this comedy, police detectives on the trail of a dangerous criminal are confronted with a new and unexpected danger: a typical suburban family. Osborn (Robert Davi) is a underworld figure with plenty of blood on his hands who, in hopes of keeping his dealings quiet, is operating out of an… More In this comedy, police detectives on the trail of a dangerous criminal are confronted with a new and unexpected danger: a typical suburban family. Osborn (Robert Davi) is a underworld figure with plenty of blood on his hands who, in hopes of keeping his dealings quiet, is operating out of an unassuming home in the suburbs. The police are determined to put Osborn behind bars, so rough-hewn veteran cop Jake Stone (Jack Palance) and his young partner Tony Moore (David Barry Gray) are assigned to stake out Osborn's home, and they get permission to keep watch from the house next door, which belongs to the Robberson family. However, Jake and Tony soon discover that this prime location may be more trouble than it's worth; Norman Robberson (Chevy Chase) is a dunderhead addicted to TV police shows who insists on helping whether it's a good idea or not, mother Helen (Dianne Wiest) keeps pestering Jake about why he shouldn't smoke, teenage daughter Cindy (Fay Masterson) develops a furious crush on Tony, and five-year-old son Billy (Miko Hughes) wants the cops to play vampire with him. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Ritchie
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Apr 15, 1994 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Leonard Klady, Variety
Trapped in a sitcom sensibility, the film never makes the vital connection with the audience that's necessary to spawn a hit.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Chevy Chase returns to the anonymous, unmemorable suburban mode that made his earlier movies profitable. And guess what? The results are anonymous and unmemorable.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
In Cops and Robbersons, Chevy Chase has an unfortunate chance to prove that there's something even more unfunny than his disastrous talk show.
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Richard Harrington, Washington Post
Chevy Chase is lucky Cops and Robbersons isn't a sitcom. If it were, it would be canceled as pronto as his talk show was.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Know what this sounds like? It sounds like a screenplay.
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Cast
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Chevy Chase
as Norman Robberson
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Jack Palance
as Jake Stone
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Dianne Wiest
as Helen Robberson
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Robert Davi
as Osborn
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David Barry Gray
as Tony Moore
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Jason James Richter
as Kevin Robberson
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Fay Masterson
as Cindy Robberson
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Miko Hughes
as Billy Robberson
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Richard Romanus
as Fred Lutz
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Nelly Bly
as Girl in Police Station
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Preston Hanson
as T-Men Announcer
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Jim Holmes
as Phil
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Jack Kehler
as Caniff
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Sal Landi
as Jerry Callahan
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Ronald L. Schwary
as Producer
- Jeffrey King
- Richard Pagano
- Debi Manwiller
- Sharon Bialy
