Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.
Nielsen combines B-movie earnestness, exuberant mugging, and a trouper's slightly desperate cheerfulness: he turns this rather alarming character into a sweet, ebullient lunatic -- albeit one who's hell on innocent bystanders.
– Terrence Rafferty,
New Yorker,
6 May 2014
rotten:
A feeble sequel.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
11 Jan 2008
fresh:
Even if the laugh machine isn't operating at top efficiency, it still cranks out a few choice bits of irreverent lunacy.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
11 Jan 2008
fresh:
The enthusiastic Zucker, Zucker & Abrahams style of movie parody is too rarely seen to prompt much head-shaking about gags that don't work.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
The opening and closing credits alone are almost worth the price of admission.