# Coffee & Kareem (2020)

> A foul-mouthed Detroit boy and his mother's reluctant police-officer boyfriend become an unlikely crime-fighting team after a breakup scheme goes disastrously wrong.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/432250

## Facts

- Runtime: 88 min
- Genres: Comedy, Action, Crime
- Director: Michael Dowse
- Cast: Ed Helms, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Little Gardenhigh, Betty Gilpin, RonReaco Lee, David Alan Grier, Andrew Bachelor, William 'Big Sleeps' Stewart
- TMDB rating: 5.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9898858/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: irreverent, profane, energetic, casual streaming night, action comedy marathon

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