Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 8
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Release Date: Mar 23, 1984 Wide
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Public safety takes a turn for the worse in this hit comedy, which spawned a long-running franchise. As a crime wave sweeps through a major city, the mayor decides that part of the problem may stem from overly restrictive qualifications for police officers, so she opens the door of the city's Police Academy to anyone who wants to join. Soon, the new class is overrun with misfits and losers, including Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg), who is given the choice of joining the force or going to jail;
Mar 23, 1984 Wide
Sep 30, 1997
Warner Home Video
All Critics (20) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (9) | DVD (10)
Funny! Funny! Funny!
Goofy group makes 'Car 54 Where Are You?' seem like Shakespeare.
A tasteless comedy.
A Reagan-era screed against affirmative action, Police Academy warns what misfits and lowlifes wait to pour through the floodgates.
I can't say I found Police Academy entirely humorless; there are so many gags flying around, the occasional one is bound to hit home, no matter how trite or witless.
It's harmless stuff, to be sure, but almost invisible, it disappears from memory so fast. A stealth comedy, perhaps?
You know how people talk about a movie being so bad it's good? Police Academy is that movie.
Excellent misfit comedy. The R rating gives it edge that the sequels lack.
Semi decent comedy with a few comical parts. Police Academy suffers from the lack of really funny jokes, and never really quite takes off. The film is funny at times, but most of the time you're not laughing, and when there's something that supposed to be funny in the film, you don't laugh. The film is fun for what it
July 6, 2011
Super Reviewer
Very funny! I love 80's films!
June 23, 2011Super Reviewer
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