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The Naked Gun

Play trailer 2:24 Poster for The Naked Gun PG-13 Released Dec 2, 1988 1h 25m Comedy Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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86% Tomatometer 57 Reviews 84% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings
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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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Edward Porter Sunday Times (UK) [A] share of good silly gags performed with B-movie solemnity... Nov 22, 2022 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) The film stumbles like a chicken with its head cut off. [Full review in Spanish] Jun 16, 2022 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Lucia M It was very funny. I laughed throughout the whole movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/17/24 Full Review Leaburn O Quite late to this if we’re being honest. It’s an ok slapstick comedy with everyone’s favourite comedian OJ Simpson. Watched on DVD. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/15/24 Full Review Vikrant P This movie is an instant pick-me-up! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/01/24 Full Review Christian K I think the "Nice Beaver"! line is enough to make this a comedy classic on its own. Jokes come hard and fast and most are great. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/03/24 Full Review Audience Member Classic over the top slapstick comedy at it’s finest. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/10/24 Full Review Sedale S Classic over the top slapstick comedy at it’s finest. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/10/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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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, Action
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
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