When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
It gave me about 10 big laughs and 20 small laughs and as many smiles. That`s value for time and money spent.
– Gene Siskel,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2014
fresh:
In the years since he first played Drebin, Nielsen has deepened the role, made it more subtle, more universal, more paramount.
– Michael Wilmington,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2014
rotten:
The two Zuckers and Abrahams have, surprisingly, forgotten a principle of parody that they taught everyone else. Namely, that the jokes have to fit, and that they have to refer to the target -- in this instance police movies.
– Desmond Ryan,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
6 May 2014
fresh:
The Naked Gun is hugely funny, but it`s also liberating-precisely because it centers its aim on that cold, closed system and blows it apart. The straight lines are shattered; the empty spaces in the images are packed full until they burst.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2014
rotten:
Like the ZAZ lads' other films, this is a movie made for a VCR Saturday night. They supply the jokes; you bring the microwave popcorn and modest expectations.