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Police Academy

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Police Academy (1984)

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Reviews Counted: 15

Fresh: 7

Rotten:8

Average Rating: 4.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A big city mayor-elect, eager to make good on a campaign promise to increase-the-peace, waives entry requirements for the police force. The result: mishap, mayhem and mismanagement, as the force is flooded with bumbling buffoons,... A big city mayor-elect, eager to make good on a campaign promise to increase-the-peace, waives entry requirements for the police force. The result: mishap, mayhem and mismanagement, as the force is flooded with bumbling buffoons, idealistic idiots, and quixotic quipsters. The crooks never had it so good. [More]

Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Bubba Smith

Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Bubba Smith, Debralee Scott, Leslie Easterbrook, Donovan Scott, George Gaynes, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, Ted Ross, Scott Thomson, Anne Ramsay, Marion Ramsey, Georgina Spelvin

Director: Hugh Wilson

Director: Hugh Wilson
Screenwriter: Pat Proft, Neal Israel, Hugh Wilson

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Release:

Sep 30, 1997

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
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  • Full Frame - 133 - English
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No review available.

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04/28/05
KJB
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Funny! Funny! Funny!

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01/01/05
Michael A. Smith
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Goofy group makes 'Car 54 Where Are You?' seem like Shakespeare.

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10/16/04
Steve Crum
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A tasteless comedy.

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08/21/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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A Reagan-era screed against affirmative action, Police Academy warns what misfits and lowlifes wait to pour through the floodgates.

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07/16/04
Martin Scribbs
Low IQ Canadian
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It's harmless stuff, to be sure, but almost invisible, it disappears from memory so fast. A stealth comedy, perhaps?

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04/06/04
John J. Puccio
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You know how people talk about a movie being so bad it's good? Police Academy is that movie.

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03/31/04
Christopher Null
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Excellent misfit comedy. The R rating gives it edge that the sequels lack.

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08/13/03
Fred Topel
About.com
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05/24/03
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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
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03/20/03
Christopher Smith
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And it only went downhill from here

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07/30/02
Ken Hanke
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07/26/02
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07/26/02
Rob Vaux
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One of the worst popular comedies of all time.

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07/26/02
Bob Grimm
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