Partners

Partners

Benson is a cop who wants to clean up the streets...his partner just wants to redecorate.

Directed by James Burrows

Produced by Aaron Russo Productions, Paramount Pictures

198293 min5.5 / 10

A buddy-cop comedy built on the fish-out-of-water premise of two straight cops pretending to be a gay couple while investigating murders, balancing crime-procedural stakes with comedic misunderstandings.

After a series of murders in Los Angeles's gay community, heterosexual police officer Sgt. Benson is assigned to go undercover as half of a gay couple with Officer Kerwin, a Records Clerk

Questions people ask

  • Is Partners sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Is Partners easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is Partners scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does Partners end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Partners violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

11/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity7

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise18

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Partners

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Partners

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Partners, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Partners, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Partners, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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