{"id":43992,"date":"2019-07-06T11:05:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T18:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43992"},"modified":"2021-01-24T01:34:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T08:34:23","slug":"police-academy-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43992","title":{"rendered":"Police Academy (1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Four of you have already quit &#8212; and that&#8217;s just the beginning.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-Academy-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-Academy-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-Academy-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-Academy-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-Academy-Poster.jpg 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a mayor announces her city will be accepting police candidates of all types, a group of misfits &#8212; including a troublemaker (Steve Guttenberg), a one-man noise-making machine (Michael Winslow), an attractive socialite (Kim Cattral), a former florist (Bubba Smith), and a squeaky-voiced woman (Marion Ramsey) &#8212; attend a training academy run by a crusty commandant (George Gaynes) and an irritable lieutenant (G.W. Bailey) determined to make the recruits&#8217; lives miserable.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Misfits<\/li>\n<li>Police<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that back in 1984 (shortly before the publication of <em>GFTFF<\/em>), this &#8220;undistinguished, unimaginative comedy became a surprise commercial blockbuster, forcing highbrow critics to lament about the nature of today&#8217;s movie audience&#8221; &#8212; surely a complaint that resonates equally well in 2019. Peary adds that this is &#8220;yet another film in the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=46618\"><em>Animal House<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73\"><em>Stripes<\/em><\/a> tradition, with a group of incorrigible, klutzy misfits entering a conservative institution&#8221; and ultimately deciding &#8220;they really want to become policemen after all&#8221;. He notes that &#8220;the reason for the picture&#8217;s popularity has been a mystery, because it hasn&#8217;t much sexual content or inspired lunacy&#8221; &#8212; but he asserts that he thinks &#8220;it&#8217;s partly because it&#8217;s the one film in which the institution doesn&#8217;t really alter the rebellious characters it eventually welcomes into its ranks; it doesn&#8217;t contend that if someone trains to be a policeman he&#8217;ll become a better person, or that disciplined people are the types of citizens we want.&#8221; Still, he laments that this remains a &#8220;ridiculously tame film&#8221; with &#8220;some laughs, but the humor isn&#8217;t allowed to build toward a funny climax&#8221;. Peary&#8217;s complaints all ring true; this erstwhile box-office favorite (with numerous sequels to its name) doesn&#8217;t offer much of interest to viewers other than those who recall it fondly from their youth.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Winslow&#8217;s amusing &#8220;sound machine&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-Academy-WInslow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-Academy-WInslow-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-43995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-Academy-WInslow-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-Academy-WInslow-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-Academy-WInslow-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-Academy-WInslow-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Police-Academy-WInslow.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only for cult &#8217;80s movie lovers or those curious to see what the fuss was all about. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0087928\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=107&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1984\/03\/23\/movies\/film-police-academy-with-no-entrance-rules.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qwipster.net\/policeacademy.htm\">Qwipster&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Four of you have already quit &#8212; and that&#8217;s just the beginning.&#8221; Synopsis: When a mayor announces her city will be accepting police candidates of all types, a group of misfits &#8212; including a troublemaker (Steve Guttenberg), a one-man noise-making machine (Michael Winslow), an attractive socialite (Kim Cattral), a former florist (Bubba Smith), and a squeaky-voiced woman (Marion Ramsey) &#8212; attend a training academy run by a crusty commandant (George Gaynes) and an irritable lieutenant (G.W. 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