Coffee &
Kareem is a cumbersome waste of an action comedy from Netflix, attempting to
blend the buddy cop genre with the dynamic of a 12-year-old and an adult
officer. Unfortunately, it’s a poorly written movie, with humor so crude it
becomes downright off-putting.
When Coffee
& Kareem begins, it might remind you of the 2019 comedy Good Boys.
Initially, it feels similar, but as the story progresses, it quickly becomes
irritating and unnerving. The vulgarity from the children in just the first
five minutes was so excessive that it made me uncomfortable.
I decided to
stick with the movie after recognizing Betty Gilpin from The Hunt (2020)—I had
been curious to see her in another role. Sadly, despite her efforts, along with
those of the rest of the cast, the film turned out to be a disappointing
outing.
The
premise—about a 12-year-old on the run with his mother’s boyfriend after
witnessing a murder—sounds promising on paper but fails to deliver.
The story
follows Kareem, a boy who despises his mom’s new boyfriend, Coffee, a police
officer. This hatred grew when he came home and saw them having sex, he decided
then he had to do something to end their relationship. So, he started asking
around and was able to track down someone who could “take care of” Coffee.
However, when Kareem attempts to arrange this, he witnesses a murder. Gunshots
draw Coffee into the scene, and the two are forced to flee from the bad guys.
Coffee, already dealing with a bad reputation at the police department, finds
himself in even deeper trouble. Add to that, Kareem’s mother is not happy to
find out that her son was on the run with her boyfriend.
The writers of
this movie decided to abandon any sense of innocence, replacing it with crude
jokes and relentless vulgarity. This choice made the film difficult to watch,
and at times, I wanted to turn it off. Ultimately, curiosity got the better of
me, but I regret sitting through it.
With its
excessive bad language and gratuitous violence, this is a movie I wouldn’t
recommend to anyone. The movie has no point, there is basically nothing about
this movie that you can hold on to and say, “that can happen.” The lack of realism makes it even harder to
enjoy the movie or have a memorable experience. Do you know how bad a movie has
to be, that your brain immediately formats the memory of you seeing it?
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