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R.I.P.D.

  • 20132013
  • PGPG
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
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Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds in R.I.P.D. (2013)
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.
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A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
132K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,851
276
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Robert Schwentke
    • Writers
      • Phil Hay(screenplay by)
      • Matt Manfredi(screenplay by)
      • David Dobkin(story by)
    • Stars
      • Ryan Reynolds
      • Jeff Bridges
      • Mary-Louise Parker
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Robert Schwentke
    • Writers
      • Phil Hay(screenplay by)
      • Matt Manfredi(screenplay by)
      • David Dobkin(story by)
    • Stars
      • Ryan Reynolds
      • Jeff Bridges
      • Mary-Louise Parker
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 331User reviews
    • 214Critic reviews
    • 25Metascore

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    Jeff Bridges in R.I.P.D. (2013)
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    Kevin Bacon, Jeff Bridges, and Ryan Reynolds in R.I.P.D. (2013)
    Mary-Louise Parker in R.I.P.D. (2013)
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    Jeff Bridges in R.I.P.D. (2013)
    Jeff Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker, and Ryan Reynolds in R.I.P.D. (2013)
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    Ryan Reynolds
    Ryan Reynolds
    • Nick
    Jeff Bridges
    Jeff Bridges
    • Roy
    Mary-Louise Parker
    Mary-Louise Parker
    • Proctor
    Kevin Bacon
    Kevin Bacon
    • Hayes
    Stephanie Szostak
    Stephanie Szostak
    • Julia
    James Hong
    James Hong
    • Nick's Avatar
    Marisa Miller
    Marisa Miller
    • Roy's Avatar
    Robert Knepper
    Robert Knepper
    • Stanley Nawicki
    Mike O'Malley
    Mike O'Malley
    • Elliot
    Devin Ratray
    Devin Ratray
    • Pulaski
    Larry Joe Campbell
    Larry Joe Campbell
    • Officer Murphy
    Michael Coons
    Michael Coons
    • Detective in Locker Room
    Chris Everett
    Chris Everett
    • R.I.P.D. Evidence Clerk
    • (as Christina Everett)
    Michael Tow
    Michael Tow
    • R.I.P.D. Evidence Clerk
    Lonnie Farmer
    Lonnie Farmer
    • Proctor's Avatar
    Piper Mackenzie Harris
    Piper Mackenzie Harris
    • Nick's New Avatar
    • (as Piper Harris)
    Ben Sloane
    • Clerk in VCR Repair Shop
    Duncan B. Putney
    Duncan B. Putney
    • Executive
    • (as Duncan Putney)
    • Director
      • Robert Schwentke
    • Writers
      • Phil Hay(screenplay by) (story by)
      • Matt Manfredi(screenplay by) (story by)
      • David Dobkin(story by)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In a Reddit AMA discussion, Jeff Bridges said that he enjoyed making the movie with the cast and crew, but attributed its failure to studio interference. Bridges said, "The suits just cut it against the grain, and, I thought, screwed it up." He described the film as "underwhelming".
    • Goofs
      At the beginning of the movie, Nick's red car collides with a locked metal gate and breaks it open. In the next shot, the car is undamaged.
    • Quotes

      Roy Pulsipher: [to Nick] You are just gonna have to learn to sit on your regret and pain until it turns into a dull, persistent ache. The way I do it. The way a man does it.

      Business Person: [walks up to Roy's avatar] I do music videos. Home phone number's on the back.

      Roy Pulsipher: Excuse me? I'm not a piece of meat put on this earth for your gratification, I'm a woman. Respect me or I will castrate you like a three-year-old steer.

    • Crazy credits
      As the primary cast is first being shown, the names are accompanied by images relevant to their characters: Roy's ten-gallon hat, Proctor's white boots, Hayes' St. Christopher's medal, etc.
    • Connections
      Featured in ReelzChannel Specials: Richard Roeper's Red Hot Summer (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Hey Nineteen
      Written by Walter Becker, Donald Fagen

      Performed by Steely Dan

      Courtesy of Geffen Records

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews331

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    RIPD review
    From the trailer, I had high hopes this film would deliver a smashing spectacle with great humor and a unique premise. Alas, this turned out to be one of those cases where the trailer is better than the movie itself.

    To be fair, the film has its moments. The comedy never made me laugh outright, but there are amusing lines and situations throughout. Some of the most amusing moments emerge from the interplay between the characters, and the clever gag in which everybody sees them as different people. As far as the action goes, there is quite a bit of mass destruction and plenty of shoot-outs and fights. However, it is very manic, over-the-top, and strangely cartoony. The overall tone felt really uneven; the movie was fairly serious at times, deadpan in others, and overblown the rest of the time. I was never bored, but I was never fully engaged or invested in things.

    It is a shame, because the film has some unique ideas here and there. The overall premise of an undead police department is pretty neat, they use a lot of cool weapons, and they have some really quirky rules and ideas. It's a weird world where Indian food causes the villainous "dead-o's" to "pop" into gaudy monsters (if you remember the beginning of Van Helsing, with Mr. Hyde...pretty much all the monsters look like that, perhaps cross-bred with the zombies from I Am Legend). Everybody perceives the two main characters as a hot blonde chick and an old Chinese dude. Sounds fun, right? For whatever reason, it all comes off as a superfluous effort to build comedy from being weird; it worked so well for the Men In Black films, but it all falls rather flat in RIPD.

    The story overall is pretty fast and compact. It does a fine enough job of introducing the characters, slapping them together, and crafting some dynamic chemistry between them. However, the plot is pretty standard fare, and it never takes the time to truly invest the audience in the world it portrays. It shows just enough to make the plot work, but it never explains much, never builds on the things it briefly touches on, and never really makes us care.

    The film uses a lot of stylish camera moves, fast-zooms, and slow-motion effects, which you could either see as being really cool or really dumb. Editing is okay in general. Acting is a mixed bag: Ryan Reynolds is strangely flat and emotionless throughout, save for the few love scenes, while Jeff Bridges steals the show repeatedly, in a role that almost seems to parody his role from True Grit. Kevin Bacon is pretty much himself, and I loved watching Mary-Louise Parker. Writing is not that great. This production uses okay sets, props, and costumes. Special effects look cool, but are on the cheap side. Music is hip and fun.

    In the end, I couldn't help but to think of other films and how much better they are than RIPD. For stories that involve parallels between worlds of the living and worlds of the dead, I couldn't help but to think that the Bleach anime was a better story, and the Dead Like Me TV series was funnier. For that same concept with the perfect blend of action and comedy, the two Hellboy movies are effectively perfect. For comic-book-inspired stories about enforcers tackling the supernatural without the general public knowing, the three Men In Black movies succeed in everything RIPD tried to do, but failed. And even with the climax, with the dead threatening to rise up and end the world, I couldn't help but to remember how much better Ghostbusters was in this field. RIPD even has a brief staircase gag that reminded me of GB. All of those come recommended, but RIPD, not so much.

    Given its poor box office reception, I think it's safe to say that RIPD will Rest in Piece, buried alongside such equally marginal pictures as Jonah Hex and Priest.

    3/5 (Entertainment: Average | Story: Marginal | Film: Average)
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    • Jul 19, 2013

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 19, 2013 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Toho-Towa (Japan)
      • Universal (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • R.I.P. Département
    • Filming locations
      • Raynham, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Original Film
      • Dark Horse Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $130,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $33,618,855
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $12,691,415
      • Jul 21, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $78,324,220
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Datasat
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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