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Super Troopers
Fox Searchlight Pictures


8.3

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MPAA RATING: R for language, sexual content and drug use

Starring Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Brian Cox, Daniel von Bargen, and Lynda Carter

Thorny, Rabbit, Mac, and Foster are Vermont State Troopers stationed in the boonies on the Canadian border. When they find out that the state has targeted their low-volume station for a potential budget cut, the guys attempt to straighten up their act but find it's not so easy to change their brazen ways. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

GENRE(S):	Comedy
WRITTEN BY:	Jay Chandrasekhar Kevin Heffernan Steve Lemme Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske
DIRECTED BY:	Jay Chandrasekhar
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: August 6, 2002 Video: August 6, 2002 Theatrical: February 15, 2002
RUNNING TIME:	103 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Laugh-out-loud comedies are so rare that you shouldn't casually pass up Super Troopers, which is essentially a smarter and much funnier version of the old "Police Academy" flicks.

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

There's a thin line between smart-stupid and just plain stupid, and Super Troopers walks it with ease.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Ellen A. Kim

The cast, collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist, shows deft comic timing, particularly Chandrasekhar, who wrings laughs just by his reaction to the locals' racist remarks.

San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer

Mostly, Super Troopers is plain goofy.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias

With no greater ambition than reworking the Police Academy movies, Broken Lizard comes up with a winning formula: one part laughs to two parts goodwill.

Boston Globe Nick A. Zaino III

Broken Lizard has a way to go to match the absurdity and conceptual genius of Monty Python or Kids in the Hall, but Super Troopers has promising moments of oddity.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Plays like it was directed as a do-it-yourself project, following instructions that omitted a few steps, and yet the movie has an undeniable charm.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Though there's a crime to be solved, a romance to go awry, and lots of trooper-police politics to elaborate on, the strangely drawn out pacing somehow feels fresh rather than oppressive.

Variety David Rooney

A fairly sustained barrage of broad undergraduate humor and gross-out gags that should tickle young auds looking for unsophisticated laughs.

Film Threat Michael Dequina

Luckily, the genuinely funny jokes far outnumber the duds in the film itself, which is helped by the generally energetic performances by Broken Lizard and their co-stars.

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Scattershot, hit-and-often-miss comedy.

Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones

The exceedingly silly Super Troopers is an earnest, mostly funny spoof.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

Puerile, offensive, degrading, dumb, pointless, insipid and may just well be a harbinger for the end of Western civilization as we know it. But I laughed. Sorry.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

Broken Lizard does it with a shit-faced integrity that's worth a salute.

Village Voice Mark Holcomb

Close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

The best thing about the movie is its personable, amusing cast, all members of the five-man comedy troupe Broken Lizard. There's a chemistry among them, which obviously comes from having been together as comedians at Colgate University.

TV Guide Steve Simels

Fans of cheesy '70s TV shows will also be pleased by Wonder Woman Lynda Carter's brief cameo appearance as the governor of Vermont.

Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

Manages to leave the impression that it was funny even though most of its jokes don't score.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jason Anderson

When Farva sees O'Hagan in civilian wear -- a denim jacket and blue jeans -- he asks his boss, "Where'd you get the Canadian tuxedo?" Such moments may not be as exciting as the sight of Homer Simpson at the CN Tower, but they'll do.

LA Weekly Chuck Wilson

Begins so well that it's painful to watch it degenerate into tried-and-true frat-boy humor.

New Times (L.A.) Luke Y. Thompson

It's technically a well-made film: Chandrasekhar, who directed, gives it the look of a studio feature on a sizably smaller budget. It's just the script that betrays its cast.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

The thing about stoner comedy is that, well, it helps to be stoned.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

There's nothing super about Super Troopers except for those deep into the low end of the frat-house mentality that equates smart-alecky with hilarity.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

Bad and tasteless. You laugh neither with it nor at it but rather sit counting the minutes while the movie laughs, for no good reason, at itself.

The average user rating for this movie is 8.3 (out of 10) based on 81 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

jon jon gave it a10:
Non-stop laughing

Ronnie D. gave it a1:
If i wanted to sit through two hours of people trying to convince me that they're funnier than they actually are, i'd go down to the local improv theatre.

Wesley E. gave it a9:
The opening scene is priceless. See this movie.

Christopher S. gave it a10:
Super Troopers gets funnier every time I watch it. Like a drug, it becomes addictive after repeated viewings. With every viewing I find something new to laugh at.

N. H. gave it a9:
Anyone who gave this movie less than a 5 either hates cops, or has no sense of humor. This is a hilarious movie. Knowing cops the way I do it's likely based on a true story too! The snosberries taste like snosberries!

Jan j gave it a1:
This movie only gets a 1/10 because it has a funny opening scene. After that it's all very unfunny with horrible acting.

Craig M. gave it a10:
Best movie since the Big Labowski. If you see it once and do not like it watch it again and again. It get funnier everytime. This movie is great.

Super Troopers Fox Searchlight Pictures

Super Troopers
Fox Searchlight Pictures