One Good Cop (MOVIE REVIEW)

Official poster of One Good Cop, with Michael Keaton and directed by Heywood Gould.
(photo - Buena Vista Pictures)

Directed by: Heywood Gould.

Produced by: Laurence Mark.

Written by: Heywood Gould (who also directed this movie).

Main Cast:

Michael Keaton ----- Artie Lewis

Rene Russo ----- Rita Lewis

Anthony LaPaglia ---- Steve Diroma

Benjamin Bratt --- Felix

Kevin Conway ---- Lt. Danny Quinn

Rachel Ticotin --- Grace

Charlayane Woodard --- Cheryl Clark

Kevin Corrigan ---- Clifford

Vondie Curtis- Hall ---- Father Willis

Rene Russo is Rita Lewis, a seamstress, a devoted mother and wife.
(photo - Buena Vista Pictures)

Release Date: May 3, 1991 (worldwide)

Running Time: 114 min. 

Budget/Box Office: US$4 million / US$11,3 million (box office success).

Plot Summary:  Artie Lewis (Michael Keaton, from Batman, The Paper and many other movie billboard hits) is a NYPD cop who has a happy life: he believes in his work, loves his wife Rita (Rene Russo) and is close to Steve Diroma (Anthony LaPaglia, from The Salton Sea and the series Without a Trace), his partner for 8 years.  

Steve is a single man with three daughters and at a certain moment, he is killed on duty, and these girls are left nowhere to go. 
Artie and Rita want to adopt Stevie's girls, but Child Welfare Services decides that their apartment is too small for three children. Artie needs to buy a house, which would require a $25,000 down payment that he doesn't have. Desperate, Artie grabs his gun and robs Beniamino (Tony Plana), a particularly scummy drug dealer who was peripherally involved in Stevie's death.

Rene Russo and Michael Keaton: elegance and chemistry.

(photo - Buena Vista Pictures)

Artie uses most of the take to buy the house, and he gives the rest to Father Wills (Vondie Curtis-Hall), who runs a local orphanage. However, what Artie doesn't know is that Beniamino's girlfriend Grace (Rachel Ticotin) is actually an undercover cop who won't stand by as Artie plays Robin Hood.

Rene Russo, Michael Keaton and their three adopted children.
(photo - Buena Vista Pictures)

Fun Facts about the movie:

• The movie is set mainly in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York. 
• In this movie, Rene Russo trained her mother abilities, way before she became a real and devoted mother and became mother of model Rose Gilroy.
• Original title of this movie was "We're Alive".
• First work of Anthony LaPaglia as a police officer. He'd do a police officer/investigator on the TV series "Without A Trace", aired from 2002 to 2009, on CBS.
• Despite the mixed reviews from critics, it was a box office hit. 

Critical Reception:

• IMDB : 5,8/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 15% (mixed to negative; 13 critics)

Hope u like it. 

Loveuguys.

xoxox

ME