When the police discover that a mob hitman has moved in next door to the Robbersons, they set up a stakeout in the Robbersons' home. Hard-nosed, tough-as-nails Jake Stone and his young partner Tony Moore are assigned to the stakeout, but now it is a question of whether Jake can last long enough to capture the bad guys. The Robbersons want to help, and by doing so, drive Jake crazy.
Trapped in a sitcom sensibility, the film never makes the vital connection with the audience that's necessary to spawn a hit.
– Leonard Klady,
Variety,
30 Jun 2008
rotten:
Chevy Chase returns to the anonymous, unmemorable suburban mode that made his earlier movies profitable. And guess what? The results are anonymous and unmemorable.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
30 Jun 2008
rotten:
In Cops and Robbersons, Chevy Chase has an unfortunate chance to prove that there's something even more unfunny than his disastrous talk show.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
Chevy Chase is lucky Cops and Robbersons isn't a sitcom. If it were, it would be canceled as pronto as his talk show was.
– Richard Harrington,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Know what this sounds like? It sounds like a screenplay.