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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... 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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Sep 30, 1997

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
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08/21/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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No review available.

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

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01/01/05
Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review

Goofy group makes 'Car 54 Where Are You?' seem like Shakespeare.

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10/16/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

A tasteless comedy.

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08/21/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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
Martin Scribbs
Low IQ Canadian

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
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

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
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Excellent misfit comedy. The R rating gives it edge that the sequels lack.

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08/13/03
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com
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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
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03/20/03
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

And it only went downhill from here

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07/30/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
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07/26/02
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07/26/02
Rob Vaux
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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