`ROBBERSONS' SUBVERSIVE FAMILY FILM COMEDY.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: KEVIN THOMAS Los Angeles Times

On the surface ``Cops and Robbersons'' is the broad-appeal family comedy it presents itself to be, but its subtext is gratifyingly another matter. Its setting is a tract of unrelenting snug blandness, and a husband and father, Norman Robberson (Chevy Chase), who owns one of the homes, works at an office of equal uniformity. No one seems very happy or connected in the Robberson household, but its dominant figure, Norman's wife, Helen (Dianne Wiest), declares with finality that ``Everything is fine!''

Seemingly, things are soon to get spectacularly better when Jack Palance's crusty veteran cop Jake Stone uses the …