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Airplane! (1980)

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Reviews Counted:48

Fresh:47

Rotten:1

Average Rating:8.4/10

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The spoof comedy that set the gold standard for all that followed it, AIRPLANE takes shots at the slew of disaster movies that peppered cinemas in the 70s. When the passengers and crew of a jet are... The spoof comedy that set the gold standard for all that followed it, AIRPLANE takes shots at the slew of disaster movies that peppered cinemas in the 70s. When the passengers and crew of a jet are incapacitated due to food poisoning, a rogue pilot (who has a drinking problem and is afraid of flying) must cooperate with his ex-girlfriend turned stewardess to bring the plane to a safe landing. No disaster flick cliche is left unroasted, and the musical score itself takes a less than reverent look at overly melodramatic compositions. [More]

Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges

Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Cyril O'Reilly

Director: Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker

Director: Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker

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Entering imto Mel Brooks' turf, the first lampoon of the disaster-in-the-air subgenre (such as the prepoterously Oscar nominated Airport) is silly but funny, with many good sight gags, campy one-liners and slapstick comedy.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
03/15/09
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Most of the jokes are groan-worthy, and some are downright racist.

Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm | comment 20 Comments
09/22/08
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm

Is it the best comedy ever made? I don't know, but it surely is the funniest.I stand by that. And don't call me Shirley.

Full Review Source: Seanax.com | comment Comment
07/20/08
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seanax.com

Surely as good as modern comedy gets?…and don't call me Shirley.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/08
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Empire Magazine

Surely, this is essential. Maybe, but don't call me Shirley, etc.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/08
Caroline Westbrook
Caroline Westbrook
Empire Magazine

Although the gags aren't entirely consistent, it's inspired stuff. And whatever you do don't switch off during the closing credits.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
04/01/08
Channel 4 Film

The gags aren't exactly clever, but there are a lot of them, and the cutting finds a fast, effective tempo.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/01/08
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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The fact that the movie doesn't work as well today as it did in 1980 in no way diminishes its importance in recent motion picture history.

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04/01/08
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Loaded with slapstick silliness and schoolboy wordplay, featuring tongue-in-cheek performances by familiar television personalities, and mostly just plain goofy.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
04/01/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

From the clever Jaws take-off opening to the final, irreverent title card, laughs come thick and fast.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
04/01/08
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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Brilliant, still funny airplane disaster movie parody. Started new comedy career for Nielsen.

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02/23/08
Steve Crum
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01/25/07
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

Still the funniest and most inspired of the madcap genre spoofs. For every dumb or tasteless joke that doesn't fly, a dozen land directly at Laugh Central.

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10/30/06
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Some of the humor has become very politically incorrect 25-plus years later. And God love it for that.

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02/20/06
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

Psycho ground controllers (Stack and Bridges), laff-a-second pace, and bludgeoning innuendo make this the acceptable face of the locker-room satire.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out

The definition of 'deadpan' starts and ends with Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker's Airplane!.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
01/13/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Unprecedented nonsense that--fashions aside--will remain timeless comedy cinema. [new DVD review]

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12/19/05
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

You'll laugh, you'll wish you didn't have to.

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12/10/05
Cole Smithey
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ColeSmithey.com

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12/06/05
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Apollo Guide

It is sophomoric, obvious, predictable, corny, and quite often very funny. And the reason it's funny is frequently because it's sophomoric, predictable, corny, etc.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
12/06/05
Roger Ebert
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