Police Academy

Name: Police Academy
Released: 1984-3-23
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes

Police Academy

R
1h 35m
1984

55%

age 17+

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As a crime wave sweeps the city and the police department suffers a shortage of officers, the mayor decrees that admission to the Police Academy will be open to any and all applicants. Now the first cadets--a collection of oddballs, eccentrics and misfits--will soon be let loose on the streets ... if they somehow manage to graduate in this worldwide hit comedy that started the series of Police Academy films.

Director:

Hugh Wilson

Producer:

Paul Maslansky

Cast:

Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, Leslie Easterbrook

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

55%

Critics Consensus: Police Academy is rude, crude, and proudly sophomoric -- which is either a condemnation or a ringing endorsement, depending on your taste in comedy.

Reviews

Box Office Prophets

Sean Collier

It's a collection of easy laughs, no brain required.

Police Academy is the most uproarious film to come along in years. You have the right to remain silent, but you can't help bt laugh out loud.

A big hoot for adolescents of all ages.

The movie is generally good-natured and, for this kind of thing, tasteful. Nobody should be arrested because of it, anyway.

It all plays like a made-for-TV film with some nudity and scatological humor thrown in, but it made a bunch of money.

March 5, 2019

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 17+

Common Sense Says

Sophomoric '80s cop-spoof has profanity, sex, stereotypes.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Police Academy is a classic of '80s cop-spoof films but it is not for kids. The sophomoric humor is rooted in one-dimensional character stereotypes, and there is frequent profanity, as well as nudity, sex, and violence. Furthermore, unlike similar '80s movies like Airplane!, Meatballs, and Caddyshack, Police Academy's "so dumb it's funny" brand of comedy hasn't aged well. Parents looking to share with their kids the '80s movies of their youth are encouraged to look elsewhere.