kitchendancer

Bon Cop, Bad Cop is probably the best movie I've seen in awhile. What struck me to most was that the chemistry between Patick Huard (Bouchard)and Colm Feore (Ward) was very believable, and the dialogue was very human. The characters were never "exposition-y" and spoke like real people. I also liked that both characters are bilingual, not going for the cheap/insulting digs of "stupid English doesn't understand french" or vice versa. Viewers, of course, do not need to understand french to know exactly what's going on or being said. In fact, there is an entire tutorial on swearing in french given by Bouchard fairly early on in the film which some might find educational.

There are some hilarious digs at hockey culture: the entire character of Harry Buttman being the most obvious; but it never descends into forced jokes or "strategic" set-ups a la Will Ferrell.

Though it is a very Quebec film, it deserves a wide audience.

I saw this movie with a free pass, and I'm glad I didn't pay to go watch it. The entire movie is filled with overwrought emotional scenes and, while I realize that September 11, 2001 was, of course, an extremely emotional time, especially at the time - the continual over-emoting of the American media starts to grate after awhile.

The police and firefighters who were there, did their jobs and were very brave in the face of having a tragedy no one understood. However, simply being there did not elevate them all to heroes or saints in my book - it proved them to be good men and women who did their jobs, did them well and faced great danger. But while it was a tragedy, and I may be an insensitive jerk for bringing this up - it needs to be let go just a little. Let the people who were there, and who lost loved ones move on. It was not the single worst moment in history. I found this movie about ten years premature.