‘Coffee & Kareem’ Trailer: Ed Helms' New Raunchy Buddy Cop Comedy Is No ‘Cop And A Half’
Coffee and Kareemappearedon the Black List in 2014, a collection of the best unproduced screenplays that are kicking around Hollywood and looking to get made. Thankfully, Netflix picked up the script not too long ago and brought inEd HelmsandTaraji P. Hensonto star in it. Now the firstCoffee and Kareemtrailer has arrived, and we get to meetTerrence Little Gardenhigh, the foul-mouthed kid being paired with Ed Helms, and they look like they’re going to make a hilarious duo.
Coffee and Kareem Trailer
When Netflix was revealed to be tackling this movie, I was worried that the script might go to waste with a B-squad cast and we’d get something akin toCop Out, another screenplay that made the Black List some time ago under the titleA Couple of Dicks.It didn’t turn out to be a great buddy cop comedy in the hands of Kevin Smith. In fact, the movie is so bad that it’s replacedJersey Girlas Kevin Smith’s go-to movie to bash from his own career.
Anyway,Coffee and Kareemis directed byMichael Dowse(Goon), and it looks pretty damn funny. Ed Helms and Terrence Little Gardenhigh have a great rivalry, and their chemistry doesn’t feel forced at all. Helms hasn’t been the star of a comedy that has wowed me in some time now. I foundTagto be a disappointment, I’m not sure anyone sawFather Figures,and the reboot ofVacationcould have been better. The last time Ed Helms truly made me laugh heartily was in a supporting role inThey Came Togetherin 2014. But he looks great in this.
Taraji P. Henson also appears to have a sizeable role inCoffee and Kareem, playing Kareem’s mother, who also happens to be dating Coffee. Hopefully this movie will let her spread her comedic wings in a much more satisfying way thanWhat Men Want.
The cast ofCoffee and Kareemalso includesBetty Gilpin, RonReaco Lee, Andrew Bachelor, andDavid Alan Grier.
