Super Troopers

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.