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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

1987

Jim Drake

Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf ...

3.8

6,671

Comedy In the third sequel to the hit comedy Police Academy, Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) decides that the police force is overworked and understaffed, and he comes up with the idea of recruiting civilian volunteers to work side-by-side with his officers. Of course, with the hapless Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) in charge of training the new Neighborhood Watch groups, one might reasonably expect things will not go smoothly; meanwhile, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"Director Jim Drake is at least brisk and amiable; if nothing else, Police Academy 4 is good-natured and doesn't drag."	NEU
United States	Bill Cosford TV Guide	"Director Jim Drake keeps things moving so quickly, one barely has time to notice just how stale the jokes here are"	NEG
United States	Richard Harrington The Washington Post	"'4' isn't even a film; it's more like a long trailer, a collection of scenes without sense. It has everything you expect and nothing more"	NEG
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune	"There hasn't been a movie quite like Police Academy 4 since, well . . . 'Police Academy 3.'"	NEG
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"'The Police Academy' series seems to shoot for an ever younger crowd. The optimum viewer for Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol would be a 10-year-old boy	NEG

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