I have to say that Police Academy is one of the funniest films I have seen. It regularly takes a place in my top ten, as I'm not a snob or a political correctness addict (WADDageek, cough cough) and I can recognise that some films are funny, pure and simple.
For the reviewer (below) who posted comments like "Ooohhhhh, the innocent tone of the film...the character development...the man what does this and the man what does that..." If you are analysing Police Academy (not Ghandi, Schindler's List or even Goodfellas) in those terms then you should lighten up, fool. It's a film that doesn't deal with serious issues. It's a comedy. Do you go to pantomimes and analyse the mise-en-scene?
Anyway, personal beefs aside, Police Academy 1 is highly amusing. Head up horse's backside...the whole megaphone / shoe polish thing... amusing stereotypes but not offensive enough for the same actors to play the same roles four times in a row (at least). If you liked American Pie 2 then you'll like this, unless you thought American Pie 2 was homophobic or tasteless, in which case avoid it like the plague. For one, I found both films funny and didn't watch them in the style of a Daily Mail reader.
10/10
For the reviewer (below) who posted comments like "Ooohhhhh, the innocent tone of the film...the character development...the man what does this and the man what does that..." If you are analysing Police Academy (not Ghandi, Schindler's List or even Goodfellas) in those terms then you should lighten up, fool. It's a film that doesn't deal with serious issues. It's a comedy. Do you go to pantomimes and analyse the mise-en-scene?
Anyway, personal beefs aside, Police Academy 1 is highly amusing. Head up horse's backside...the whole megaphone / shoe polish thing... amusing stereotypes but not offensive enough for the same actors to play the same roles four times in a row (at least). If you liked American Pie 2 then you'll like this, unless you thought American Pie 2 was homophobic or tasteless, in which case avoid it like the plague. For one, I found both films funny and didn't watch them in the style of a Daily Mail reader.
10/10