Film Review – Kids Police

Reviewed at Fantastic Fest 2013

There’s such potential in the premise of the Japanese comedy “Kids
Police,” but there’s also initial fear that the production won’t know
what to do with it. A supercop adventure featuring child actors, the
picture rides a thin line between parody and professionalism, attempting
to work out a routine that plays up the oddity of the story and the
excitement of the genre. It’s a goofy film with a few big laughs to
sustain the merriment, but director Yuichi Fukuda doesn’t know when to
quit, bloating the effort up to 100 minutes, which is far too long to
sustain the merriment “Kids Police” seems interested in sharing.
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