Fresh
The gags aren't exactly clever, but there are a lot of them, and the cutting finds a fast, effective tempo.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Airplane!
What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?
1980 · 1h 28m · PG
Comedy
Directed by
Jim Abrahams
,
David Zucker
,
Jerry Zucker
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Airplane!
Overview
An ex-fighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
Director and cast
- Jim Abrahams Director
- David Zucker Director
- Jerry Zucker Director
- Robert Hays as Ted Striker
- Julie Hagerty as Elaine
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Murdock
- Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack
- Lloyd Bridges as McCroskey
- Peter Graves as Captain Oveur
- Robert Stack Cast
- Lorna Patterson Cast
- Stephen Stucker Cast
- Jill Whelan Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
From the clever Jaws take-off opening to the final, irreverent title card, laughs come thick and fast.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
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.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Airplane! is more than a pleasant surprise, in the midst of this dim movie season. As a remedy for the bloated self-importance of too many other current efforts, it's just what the doctor ordered.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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