Fresh
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
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
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1988 · 1h 26m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
David Zucker
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Overview
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Director and cast
- David Zucker Director
- Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin
- Priscilla Presley as Jane Spencer
- Ricardo Montalban as Vincent Ludwig
- George Kennedy as Capt. Ed Hocken
- O. J. Simpson as Det. Nordberg
- Susan Beaubian as Mrs. Nordberg
- Nancy Marchand as Mayor
- Raye Birk Cast
- Jeannette Charles Cast
- Ed Williams Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
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
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
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
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.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
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