The Naked Gun (1988)

Original title

The Naked Gun

Year

1988

Running time

85 min.

Country

United States

Director

David Zucker

Screenwriter

Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Pat Proft

Cast

Music

Ira Newborn

Cinematography

Robert M. Stevens

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Comedy | Broad Comedy. Parody. Cop Movies. Movie Based on TV Series

Movie Groups

The Naked Gun

Synopsis

A slapstick spoof of police thrillers and action films by the makers of "Airplane." Lieutenant Frank Drebin, comic cop and master car-crasher, must protect Queen Elizabeth II, when world terrorists target her for assassination during her visit to the United States. Despite this high-level assignment, Frank still has time to fall in love with a younger woman along the way.

Critics' reviews

"You laugh, and then you laugh at yourself for laughing (...) 'The Naked Gun' is an utterly goofy movie and a lot of fun (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Some movies make you laugh. Some movies don’t. 'The Naked Gun' definitely falls in the first category.

Michael Wilmington: Los Angeles Times
"David Zucker, who directed 'The Naked Gun,' has given it a cheerful, messy style that never quite matches the ebullience of the writing. But high spirits may be all that a film like this really needs"

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"Not quite up to Airplane! or Top Secret!, but there are still laughs aplenty."

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"The Naked Gun is crass, broad, irreverent, wacky fun -- and absolutely hilarious from beginning to end."

Variety Staff: Variety
"A brilliantly irreverent comedy overflowing with quite extraordinary levels of absurdity (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

William Thomas: Empire
"It's Nielsen's show: with an unaccountable flair for the needlessly dramatic, he holds the entire shambling absurdity together by treating everything as if it were a matter of life or death"

Time Out

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