"Freebie and the Bean" is a buddy cop film which was successful in theaters and loved by many of its fans. I just thought it was pretty stupid and it certainly was NOT to my taste.
The film is about two detectives, Freebie (James Caan) and Bean (Alan Arkin). In order to uphold law and order, they pretty much spend the entire film breaking laws and creating disorder. It's all meant to be a comedy and you get to see them beat up suspects, solicit bribes (demanding a sports jacket from a store or implying they'd close them down) and pretty much driving and acting like maniacs. Through the course of the film, you see one maniacal chase scene after another...complete with crashes and crashes and more crashes.
For me, none of this seemed the least bit realistic nor made a lot of sense. At least with the "Lethal Weapon" films, they didn't make a lot of sense but they were funny...."Freebie and the Bean" wasn't. And, I just don't think time has been kind to this movie.
The film is about two detectives, Freebie (James Caan) and Bean (Alan Arkin). In order to uphold law and order, they pretty much spend the entire film breaking laws and creating disorder. It's all meant to be a comedy and you get to see them beat up suspects, solicit bribes (demanding a sports jacket from a store or implying they'd close them down) and pretty much driving and acting like maniacs. Through the course of the film, you see one maniacal chase scene after another...complete with crashes and crashes and more crashes.
For me, none of this seemed the least bit realistic nor made a lot of sense. At least with the "Lethal Weapon" films, they didn't make a lot of sense but they were funny...."Freebie and the Bean" wasn't. And, I just don't think time has been kind to this movie.