Cop & ½

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He has a Twitter and he is a rapper now too under the name "Enormus" his twitter is @NormanGoldenll (that's Norman Golden the second) hes cool, funny, nice always responds, great preacher, great rapper ,great actor and so bomb.Get a twitter account. His music is on itunes and myspace at myspace.com/enormusone. This movie is the best 90's movie ever. He still friends with Burt Reynolds and Oprah. He is way too adorable in this film. You will fall in love with him. He was a little Dakota Fanning. He deserves to be in motion picture movies now. He is the best actor in the world.You can get this movie at blockbuster,amazon,itunes,netflix,and anywhere else.

I actually worked on this movie (not a film). From top to the bottom and beginning to end this one never had a chance. Burt seemed to be having a bad day - every day. Winkler had trouble keeping Reynolds under control - Burt seemed determined to direct. Every other shot Burt would try to include yet another corny gag - usually one that had worked in one of his previous flicks. Stunt Coordinator/second unit director Glen Wilder did an excellent job but could not make up for the general lack of focus. The movie is a series of lack luster scenes with characters that no one cares about, spouting lines that should make a third grader cringe. Even a corny gag can work if it is woven into the story but that doesn't happen in this movie. Absolutely the funniest scene wasn't even filmed - Burt walked in while a fake gut was being strapped on his stunt double - his reaction was...priceless. I think I'm being generous giving this a 3 out of 10 score and possibly a bit defensive - retch.

This was one of my all time favorite movies as a kid. People seem to forget this film was intended to be aimed for kids, not for adults. While this story plot is just like all the others, kid can do impossible things, it's great for kids who are into action films, but are nowhere near ready to watch such films as Saving Private Ryan. The violence was kept to a minimum, and the comedic value was kept as high as it could be for an appropriate child's film. If you are going to rate this low, you've got some issues, especially if you're watching a child's film when your about 30.

Cute little black kid wants to be a policeman. The diminuitive star, Norman Golden III is out to steal your heart while it feels like like the film-makers have stolen your wallet in the process. This comes about a decade too late after the trend of cuddly black "child" stars Gary Coleman and Webster, who were both in their late 30's during their heyday. (I've always thought that a great idea for a TV show would be something called "Shrunken Miniature Black Man" cause apparently that's the way America wants to see them.) Anyway, back to this film... It's basically Burt Reynolds co-starring with his toupee and trying to look put-upon by Golden. In actuality, over the course of the 90 minutes, actor Reynolds spends a lot of his on-screen time sweating profusely. It's actually kind of creepy.

I have trouble thinking of a worse film. Somehow, this strip of celluloid manages to be both less interesting and more mundane than a poorly videotaped, second grade production of "The Pilgrims First Thanksgiving." And the Pilgrims may have even had better writing. The jokes are flat and can be seen coming from miles away, allowing the viewer to both not laugh and prepare not to laugh at the same time. The movie seems to pin all its hope on the cute factor of the "1/2" in the title (Norman D. Golden II). Golden's performance is lackluster and painfully unfunny, but it puts the rest of the cast's performances to shame. In Golden's defence, I have a hard time seeing Macaulay Culkin, the Olsen twins and Shirley Temple (in their respective primes) combined, mustering enough endearing "awwws" to make this dog successful. The ending accomplishes absolutely nothing, and at the same time shatters any attempt the film had at considering serious issues, reminding us all why Key Grips should not write screenplays. I hope that all original prints of this film have been burned, save for two copies: one to be shown at a mandatory lecture on the first day of classes at NYU Film School, with the same deterrent intent as such Driver's Ed classics as "Blood on the Highway," and the second to be saved as a record of just how low The Bandit (Burt Reynolds) and The Fonz (Henry Winkler) sank before their eventual semi-resurrections in "Boogie Nights" (1997) and "The Water Boy" (1998), respectively.

If all cop/buddy movies were like "Cop and 1/2," the genre would have died years ago. This is a spoof of the formulaic cop/buddy picture with a surprisingly exhausted-looking Burt Reynolds playing a detective teamed up with an unctuous, would-be-suave brat who dreams of wearing a badge. The kid is played by Norman D. Golden II. This is the first and only picture that I have seen him in and judging by this performance, I think he made a wise decision in leaving acting and taking up music for a career. Even if his performance was anything apart from irritation, I think a movie this devoid of fun and laughs would have scared him away. Mr. Reynolds has been a great actor before, but here he looks just as bored and fatigue-stricken as I was watching this unfunny debacle. He has to team up with young Mr. Golden because the latter is a murder witness and he won't share his information unless they let him do what he's always wanted to do: be a cop. So, yeah, you've got the devoid-of-manners, ostentatiously ambitious brat following the grumpy, withheld detective around and a chain of gags and relations that are neither charming nor funny. The movie as a whole is nothing more than over-the-top make-believe buttered with a pretentious, "please-like-me" attitude. You've got lame moments such as the kid having his head dunked into a toilet by a pair of school bullies, the tiresome punch-in-the-groin gag, and a villain played by Ray Sharkey who would rather sing 50s jazz than deal drugs. Here are moments where the movie even tries to live up to the silly mob comedies of the 1930s and 40s. Joe E. Brown must be turning in his grave. And then there is an incredibly lame and all-too-obvious to Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus" that makes any loyal film historian groan. The picture is also unfunny because it's badly directed and frequently missing key shots so that the would-be jokes are not even fully registered and we have to think a little bit before we catch on to what the writers thought would be funny. The only chuckle from me came when the female police captain walked into the mens' room and nobody took half a notice. The central problem, however, is that there is zero chemistry between Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Golden. The follow-through of their relationship is predictable from the start, the dialogue between them is mechanical. Mr. Golden seems enthusiastic, but I've already touched on my opinion of his acting competence. Mr. Reynolds seems just too tired and bored to put up much of an effort. It's not one of his finest hours. "Cop and 1/2" is hokey tedium for adults and I think it's fair to say it would leave younger audience members restless. And then perhaps it's not a movie for little kids to see for it does contain some profanity, violence, and images of drugs. Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Golden are not strong contributors and the supporting performances by Ruby Dee, Ray Sharkey, Holland Taylor, and Frank Sivero are outside their comfort zones. I think everybody was happy when the making of his movie was over. They were probably even happier when it faded into obscurity. Is there anything that works? Hmm...Alan Silvesti's score and that's about it.

It doesn't rate MUCH higher than that, but Norman D. Golden II is so preciously precocious as to wax reminiscent of Shirley Temple's early performances. Burt is great here, though his character is quite irascible and curmudgeonly, but he plays those parts very well. This film features some decent action, a story and plot line which is quite cliché, and some good elemental twists, which balance out the many clichés throughout. It was muddled in that you had to suspend belief to an extreme level in order to embrace the work, but once done, there is a lot of heart and entertainment to be had. I'm not saying this is "great" or even "compelling," but I did derive some level of enjoyment from Norman D. Golden II's performance. It rates a 5.2/10 from... the Fiend :.

This is one of my childhood favorites! Yes, the plot is pathetic and unbelievable. Yes, the boy is no Dakota Fanning. But Cop and a Half is a very enjoyable movie for people between the ages of 4 and 10. I mean, this movie wasn't marketed towards art school graduate students. The situations are very light-hearted and the jokes corny enough for the young age demographic. This is also a good movie if you enjoy making fun of B-movies (especially with your friends... and beer). There are numerous plot holes and the man-boy love undertones are hilariously disturbing. Do not watch Cop and a Half if you are a cantankerous old geezer!

Tampa, Florida police detective Burt Reynolds (as Nick McKenna) must partner up with eight-year-old Norman D. Golden II (as Devon Butler) after the latter witnesses a murder. This is the only way the tyke will reveal what he knows. Young Golden gets to be a cop, but also gets in trouble with both bad guys and a couple of his lines. The lad does have more natural hair than either Mr. Reynolds or Ray Sharkey (as Vinnie Fountain). This was, unfortunately, the last appearance of Mr. Sharkey, who scored well in "The Idolmaker" (1980) and memorably on television. With some good camera angles, director Henry Winkler and cinematographer Bill Butler attempt something for the kids, but the stars and script drag it down. ** Cop and ½ (4/2/93) Henry Winkler ~ Burt Reynolds, Norman D. Golden II, Ray Sharkey, Ruby Dee