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Release Date: 1993 Cast: Burt Reynolds, Ray Sharkey, Ruby Dee, Norman D. Golden II
Categories: Movies, Buddy film, Action, Action/Adventure, Comedy, Family Film Cop and a Half is a 1993 American family film directed by Henry Winkler, and starring Burt Reynolds and Norman D. Golden II. Cop and a Half was Ray Sharkey's final film before his life was taken by AIDS.
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 refuses to give it unless they make Devon a cop. The police then team him with veteran... MORE
Cop and a Half is a 1993 American family film directed by Henry Winkler, and starring Burt Reynolds and Norman D. Golden II. Cop and a Half was Ray Sharkey's final film before his life was taken by AIDS.
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 refuses to give it unless 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. The two eventually come to a mutual understanding in order to bring the killer to justice.
Joey Lawrence's "Nothing My Love Can't Fix for You" is used as the end title song.
The film received generally negative reviews from critics. It currently holds a 17% "Rotten" rating at the movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, where only two reviews out of the twelve polled are positive.
Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin wrote, "A hemorrhoid-and-a-half to whoever sits through this LESS
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