At heart this is an 80s cop movie (think 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon) as two mismatched partners, one white and female (Melissa McCarthy) one blue and a puppet (voiced by Bill Burrata). The puppet Phil Phillips has lost his job on the force, but is called back into action when his brother, a former TV star on the Happytime Gang, is killed. The Happytime cast is getting whacked one by one, and the two partners must team up again.
The R ratedness of the whole affair looks like a Hustler magazine cartoon, but kudos for going into the thick of it here. The screenplay is surprisingly good and would have made a decent live action movie. The tension underplaying the puppets v. the humans is a nice touch.
Good fun * * * of 5
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