The Naked Gun

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The Naked Gun

PG-13

Released Dec 2, 1988

1h 25m

Comedy

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Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), a rather clueless police detective, tries to foil a plot to turn innocent people into assassins through mind control. After his partner, Norberg (O.J. Simpson), is shot, Frank sets out to find the culprit, leading him to business tycoon Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalban). However, Frank has no evidence until he meets Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley), Ludwig's assistant. She knows nothing about Ludwig's devious plans, but falls for Frank and agrees to help him.

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Critics Consensus

The Naked Gun is loaded chock full of gags that are goofy, unapologetically crass, and ultimately hilarious.

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

It gave me about 10 big laughs and 20 small laughs and as many smiles. That`s value for time and money spent.

Rated: 3.5/4

May 6, 2014

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Michael Wilmington

Los Angeles Times

In the years since he first played Drebin, Nielsen has deepened the role, made it more subtle, more universal, more paramount.

May 6, 2014

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Desmond Ryan

Philadelphia Inquirer

The two Zuckers and Abrahams have, surprisingly, forgotten a principle of parody that they taught everyone else. Namely, that the jokes have to fit, and that they have to refer to the target -- in this instance police movies.

Rated: 2/4

May 6, 2014

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

[A] share of good silly gags performed with B-movie solemnity...

Nov 22, 2022

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

The film stumbles like a chicken with its head cut off. [Full review in Spanish]

Jun 16, 2022

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The dialogue is practically perfect in its silliness, made more impressive considering the rapid-fire and convoluted abundance of one-liners and facetious remarks.

Rated: 8/10

Sep 6, 2020

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Lincoln B

A quirky and truly funny 80’s movie that reminds me of other spoofs like Holy Grail and Airplane. I laughed a lot at this but had a few problems with it. One of the romances has a huge age gap and i’m honestly not sure if it’s intentional. Also, unlike other spoofs this isn’t really for kids despite it’s obvious slapstick and light humor.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/26/25

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Craig H

Some really hilarious moments that had be laughing quite abit and I love spoofy literal humour so a fair bit of it worked for me. Leslie Nielsen is so good with his deadpan style too. My problem with relentlessly funny films is I get exhausted from all the humour and as the film goes on I found it less funny and this happened here but it didnt take away my appreciation of the silliness of it all. Definitely one of the funniest movies ive seen even despite it only being funny about 25% of the time but thats all it needed to be

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/16/25

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Will G

Excellent. Leslie neilson is a American icon. His comic deadpan delivery cannot be topped. The rest of the cast is top notch too.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/04/25

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Stephen C

LOL, 1 hour and 25 minutes of success and comedy!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $77,900,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/19/25

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Michael D L

A comedy classic funny all around

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/23/25

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David C

La película es muy divertida, gracias al buen humor y a los diálogos ingeniosos. Aunque algunas escenas tienen efectos especiales de baja calidad, eso incluso puede aumentar su encanto y provocar risa.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/30/25

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Synopsis

Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), a rather clueless police detective, tries to foil a plot to turn innocent people into assassins through mind control. After his partner, Norberg (O.J. Simpson), is shot, Frank sets out to find the culprit, leading him to business tycoon Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalban). However, Frank has no evidence until he meets Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley), Ludwig's assistant. She knows nothing about Ludwig's devious plans, but falls for Frank and agrees to help him.

Director: David Zucker
Producer: Robert K. Weiss
Screenwriter: Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Pat Proft
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 2, 1988, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $77.9M
Runtime: 1h 25m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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