Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

Name: Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: March 18, 1994
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley

1994

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 18, 1994 | PG-13

Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley

Summary: Frank Drebin comes out of retirement to help Police Squad infiltrate a gang of terrorists planning to detonate a bomb at the Academy Awards.

Director: Peter Segal

Genre(s): Comedy, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 83 min

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Edward Guthmann

Naked Gun 33 1/3 is a feast of pointless, shamelessly silly, almost consistently funny gags. Another comic gem. [18 Mar 1994, p.C1]

Desson Thomson

Only one filmmaking team should be allowed to make sequels: The Naked Gun people. In Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, they reach maximum velocity immediately. Naked 3 sets such a great pace at the beginning, it can't possibly keep up. Inevitably, the movie has its slower sections, coming almost to a halt in a slapstick finale at the Oscars. But wherever you are in the story, there's always something funny coming at you. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Naked Gun 33 1/3 has a sluggish, one-gag-at-a- time rhythm, and it aims at too many soft targets. Aside from the Oscar sequence, the movie’s big satirical coup is a send-up of prison-escape pictures (yawn). Read full review

Susan Wloszczyna

Once again, the anchor aboard this ship of fools is the drolly doltish Leslie Nielsen, who can deliver lines like "I like my sex the way I play basketball - one on one, with as little dribbling as possible" as if they were first-class mail. Let's hope Zucker and Co. quit while they are ahead. [18 Mar 1994, p.4D]

Michael Wilmington

In this defiantly ridiculous movie, David Zucker, of the old Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker Airplane! movies, once again unleashes on the world the sexiest (and dumbest) 66-year-old accident-prone cop in the history of the movies, Leslie Nielsen's Lt. Frank Drebin. The jokes still come at you in a dense Hellzapoppin' blizzard. But more of them seem crude, mean-spirited, a little sour. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Loaded with the usual barrage of irreverent, politically incorrect and virtually non-stop gags. Director Peter Segal and writers Pat Proft, David Zucker and Robert LoCash succumb to occasional bouts of toilet humor, but there’s also some extended hilarity in a scene set around the Academy Awards. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

A step down from the first Naked Gun cop-thriller spoof, which was a step down from Airplane! and Top Secret!; but if you care about such fine distinctions, this may be marginally better than Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear. Or at least it is when the movie finally arrives at the climactic Academy Awards ceremony; prior to that, it's mainly just one little-boy gag after another. Read full review

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eva3si0n

Mar 17, 2022

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult cannot be considered separately from the first 2 parts. This is a film designed for an audience who liked the first parts. It's all here. And personally, I liked the third part most, especially its ending, such an absurdity is no longer removed. And if theyNaked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult cannot be considered separately from the first 2 parts. This is a film designed for an audience who liked the first parts. It's all here. And personally, I liked the third part most, especially its ending, such an absurdity is no longer removed. And if they remove it, obviously with some subpoena.… Expand

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Kai82

Aug 21, 2020

It is not as good as the previous movies. I think I am maybe too harsh because it is more of a disappointment than a bad movie. I will try my best to explain this. The movie sticks to the formula of enjoyable nonsense and Leslie Nielsen being absolute serious in the most hilariousIt is not as good as the previous movies. I think I am maybe too harsh because it is more of a disappointment than a bad movie. I will try my best to explain this. The movie sticks to the formula of enjoyable nonsense and Leslie Nielsen being absolute serious in the most hilarious situations. For me the movie fails when it focused on the movie business and romantic drama (or dilemma?). The roots of the series were polices movies with hilarious situations and parody of tropes and cliches added to it. They still to the last parts but not all jokes are as good or well integrated as before. This again sounds too negative as still 60-70% of the jokes work. I was not invested in the story but I must admit that it was not boring. The acting is also weaker than before and the cast was nominated for some negative awards. Leslie Nielsen however is as good as always. He created an iconic role for himself and a solid income. Sadly he never had good parody movies again as all follow ups reached from acceptable to awful. I noticed that I am repeating myself so I can continue with my conclusion. Overall while the movie is enjoyable with some really good moments it is not as good as the sequels. Worth watching and remembering but will never be praised as much as the prequels.… Expand

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MattBrady99

Sep 21, 2021

Thank you so much Leslie Nielsen, as I haven't laughed this hard in what feels like ages.

The Mother Theresa musical skit was almost too much for me to handle lol.

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amheretojudge

Mar 7, 2019

A Last Knockout Joke.

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult Segal directing this franchise starts to look like a mistake, as for the first time this franchise takes time to settle in among the audience. A price that David Zucker- the director of the previous installments- would never ask for.A Last Knockout Joke.

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

Segal directing this franchise starts to look like a mistake, as for the first time this franchise takes time to settle in among the audience. A price that David Zucker- the director of the previous installments- would never ask for. Nevertheless, with slapstick humor and witty satirical punch lines, the film goes right back on the track in its second act, soon after the lead couple splits up after a big fight. The marital conflicts and the humor that comes along with it, is pretty basic.

There isn't much use of the frame as it were in previous films, it is busy in its made-up theories that at times aren't funny. But if compared like such, the film would never be able to cope up with its predecessor. For an individual project, a parody mocking the drama with all its sincerity, is a work of pure passion. The writing is still silly enough to tickle you, but what comes in plethora, is the exact replica of the infamous dramatized sequence that is being laughed at.

Starting from the incredible intense sequence of Brian De Palma's The Untouchables to tiny fables of Ridley Scott's Thelma And Louise, it puts these films on trials to a point where you too start questioning them, I don't think I'll ever be able to look at them with that amount of sincerity. The performance is on the mark, with Leslie Nielsen hilariously portraying this iconic character for the last time. Also, this time the supporting cast too gets a lot of room to factor in, Priscilla Presley getting her own arc and Fred Ward squeezing in the most of his textbook antagonist job. Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult may not seem like a finale at all, but then it isn't an insult in whatsoever manner.… Expand

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imthenoob

Dec 12, 2019

I think as a whole, It's funnier than the second film but still not as satisfying as the original. It's still a solid comedic trilogy though and not really appreciated the way it should be.

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gracjanski

Apr 29, 2020

Some of the jokes and hints to other movies were fun. but many jokes were just cheap slapstick.

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