Ridiculous slapstick fun. It's a classic comedy that still holds up. Even if it could never be made today without offending everyone.

There's a party in your mouth, and all the Blue Oyster customers are coming

Police Academy is just really silly fun and I recommend to anyone who is having a bad day and just wants something to laugh at. The cast in this film is perfect with Steve Gutenberg (Mahoney), Bubba Smith (Hightower) and George Gaynes (Cmndt. Eric Lassard) stealing the show with laughs in every scene they are in. This isn't the best film in the world, very far from it, but I will say it is one of the best comedy films from the 80s and you gotta just switch of your brain if you are looking for something smart.

Criminally funny, _Police Academy_ delivers a lot of laughs. When a new mayor suspends the physical requirements for being a police officer a group of oddballs and misfits take their shot at becoming officers by enlisting in the academy. Starring Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey, Michael Winslow, and Kim Cattrall, the casting is pretty good; with some hilarious performances. Still, the comedy is uneven and mixes slapstick with hard R sex jokes. But as flawed as it is, _Police Academy_ gets the job done.

'Police Academy' is proper lacklustre. I didn't find any of it amusing, even so I can usually see why a film may actually work for others - not here. Given I've heard of this franchise, I assume folk enjoy these so I am a tad surprised. To me, it's just all a rather limp effort. The characters have one joke associated to them (e.g. tall man, quiet woman, wannabe war guy etc.) and it's just repeated numerous times throughout the movie; it doesn't get any funnier. How many times do they play the theme song, btw? It is catchy to be fair, but damn. Michael Winslow is the only plus that I have for this. I wasn't aware of him until this very moment, those voice sounds are outrageously brilliant; even had me questioning if they were dubbed over sound effects. Awesome talent! Of the rest of the cast, Donovan Scott is the 'best' (?). I found lead Steve Guttenberg to be more annoying than anything else, shame we never got Bruce Willis instead; he auditioned for the role, so I read. Elsewhere, Kim Cattrall is underused; interesting to see her 'Mannequin' co-star G. W. Bailey in this though, he is OK. Despite everything, in the end when the credits rolled around I didn't hold any annoyance or anything towards the flick. The feeling is more so how lame and low quality it comes across, I expected snappier comedy. Lastly, how are there 7 of these movies?! I'm in for a ride...