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| Warner Home Video | Release Date: March 23, 1984 |
Starring:
G.W. Bailey, Steve Guttenberg
Summary:
A group of good-hearted but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors are not going to put up with their pranks.
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Attention all units: Slapstick in progress in the vicinity of Police Academy. Suspects wanted for mugging the camera and possession of night shtiks with intent to incite a laugh riot. Please respond to this blues burlesque, a uniformly funny hit sure to have a long run. Its target audience -- those who can take their T&A with a grain of assault. Its plot -- a combo of "Animal House" and "An Officer and a Gentleman." Its stars -- a rainbow coalition of hot newcomers and dependable, unexpendable pros. [23 Mar 1984, p.23]
Despite the quick succession of sight gags director Hugh Wilson engineers in the film, Police Academy has it weak moments, particularly with Steve Guttenberg and Kim Cattrall in the leads. [23 Mar 1984]
Gag delivery is by shotgun and, as happens when there is even a minimum of talent involved in such projects, some of the material is on target. And some of it is awful. [27 Mar 1984, p.B5]
May 30, 2016
Police Academy is the best comedy film of the 80's for adult! I watched all 7 films. Characters are very fun because there are no situations when we can overlook and don't laugh!
21 Jump Street forget about it!
21 Jump Street forget about it!
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Aug 15, 2016
Hilarious, Classic, and Campy. So many people played roles in this movie that you will forever recognize. Especially Bobcat Goldtwit. I have fond memories of watching this from my childhood.
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Jan 3, 2017
For everything Police Academy has right, it's only that it doesn't starve for money unlike its successors before this film. Nonetheless, this film manages to be a missed shot from the crew that have bought you something that should've been a great comedy.
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