Wrong Cops is a 2013 French-American independent comedy film written and directed by Quentin Dupieux. The ensemble film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. It features an ensemble cast including Éric Judor, Mark Burnham, Arden Myrin, Steve Little, Jon Lajoie, Jack Plotnick, Ray Wise, Kurt Fuller, Eric Wareheim, Grace Zabriskie and Marilyn Manson.
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| Directed by | Quentin Dupieux |
| Written by | Quentin Dupieux |
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| Cinematography | Quentin Dupieux |
| Edited by | Quentin Dupieux |
| Music by | Mr. Oizo |
Production company | Realitism Films |
| Distributed by | UFO Distribution (France) |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Countries | France United States[1] |
| Language | English |
Premise
editIn the not very distant future, where crime has been completely eradicated, a group of crooked cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
Cast
edit- Mark Burnham as Officer Duke
- Éric Judor as Officer Rough
- Steve Little as Officer Sunshine
- Eric Wareheim as Officer De Luca
- Arden Myrin as Officer Holmes
- Brandon Beemer as Officer Brown
- Jon Lajoie as Officer Regan
- Ray Wise as Captain Andy
- Marilyn Manson as David Delores Frank
- Daniel Quinn as Neighbor
- Hillary Tuck as Kylie
- Isabella Palmieri as Rose
- Jennifer Blanc as Ruth
- Agnes Bruckner as Julia Kieffer
- Kurt Fuller as Music Producer
- Eric Roberts as Bob
- Steve Howey as Sandy / Michael
- Grace Zabriskie as Donna
- Jack Plotnick as Dolph Springer
Production
editThe first trailer was launched on November 22, 2013.[2] Executive Producer was Gregory Bernard and the film was produced by Diane Jassem, Sergey Selyanov, Daniel Goroshko and Josef Lieck for Realitism Films.
Critical reception
editFrom Christie Ko of ScreenCrave:
Marilyn Manson wanted to shoot something with Mr. Dupieux and this is what came out. It's funny, disturbing, and unabashedly wrong.[3]
From Alex Koehne of Twitch:
Wrong Cops certainly has a sense of humor that isn't for anyone. If you like the exploitation films of the 70's and 80's, the abstract ridiculousness of Tim and Eric and Monty Python, the violence of grind-house cinema and the homespun stylings of web series and Funny or Die sketches, then you are primed and ready to love Wrong Cops. If Family Circus is your favorite comic, then you should steer clear.[4]
From Scott Menzel of We Live Film did not care for the film:
I can only hope that Wrong Cops isn't what is next to come from the director and is simply a speed bump in his career. This is probably one of the most painfully unfunny and longest 45 minutes that I have ever had to sit through in quite sometime. It is without a doubt the worst film that I saw at Sundance 2013.[5]
References
edit- ^ Foundas, Scott (August 26, 2013). "Locarno Film Review: 'Wrong Cops'". Variety. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ Christie Ko * (2013-01-26). "Sundance 2013: Wrong Cops - Movie Review by Christie Ko". ScreenCrave. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
- ^ Alex Koehne * (2013-01-25). "Sundance 2013: "Wrong Cops" – Review by Alex Koehne". Twitch. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
- ^ Scott Menzel * (2013-01-28). "Sundance 2013: "Wrong Cops" – Review by MovieManMenzel". We Live Film. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
