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Wrong Cops

2013 · 83 min

A deadpan, dead-air comedy of idiots in uniform, drifting between sketches with a dreamy, off-kilter strangeness that rewards patience.

Directed by
Quentin Dupieux
Genres
Crime, Comedy
Starring
Mark Burnham, Steve Little, Éric Judor
Overview
A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.

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Directed by
Quentin Dupieux
Genres
Crime, Comedy
Starring
Mark Burnham, Steve Little, Éric Judor
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • crime
  • deception
  • morality
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour8
Realism4
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
crime, comedy
Directed by
Quentin Dupieux
Written by
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Starring
Mark Burnham, Steve Little, Éric Judor, Marilyn Manson, Arden Myrin, Eric Wareheim, Grace Zabriskie, Eric Roberts
Cinematography
Quentin Dupieux
Runtime
83 min
Country
Belgium, France, Portugal, Russia, United States of America

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