“Let’s Be Cops” may be the summer’s next R-rated comedy hit — providing ticket buyers completely disregard the critics pumping it full of lead.
The 20th Century Fox release starring Jake Johnson (“New Girl”) and Damon Wayans Jr. (“Happy Endings”) as two Los Angeles losers who pretend to be cops after dressing up for a party has been nearly universally panned in reviews summing it up as, simply, not that funny.
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Director Luke Greenfield‘s comedy he co-wrote with screenwriter Nicholas Thomas has accumulated a 9 percent “rotten” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with only three out of 33 critics providing positive feedback.