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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonMore juvenile than a Mel Brooks movie, wittier than "Get Smart," almost as low as "Animal House" and close to the laugh count of "Airplane!", "Gun" is a loving parody of every cop show that ever syndicated its way to your living room. [2 Dec 1988]
- 90VarietyVarietyCrass, broad, irreverent, wacky fun - and absolutely hilarious from beginning to end.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertReviewing The Naked Gun... is like reporting on a monologue by Rodney Dangerfield - you can get the words but not the music.
- 88Chicago TribuneDave KehrChicago TribuneDave KehrHugely funny, but it's also liberating-precisely because it centers its aim on that cold, closed system and blows it apart. The straight lines are shattered; the empty spaces in the images are packed full until they burst. [2 Dec 1988]
- 80Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonLos Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonIn the years since he first played Drebin, Nielsen has deepened the role, made it more subtle, more universal, more paramount. He's brought out an almost preternatural mellowness in a character who began as a relatively uncomplicated dimwit. [2 Dec 1988]
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleYou don't walk out thinking or feeling anything in particular, except satisfied that you got your money's worth and maybe even got a little tired from laughing so hard. [2 Dec 1988]
- 75USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkBottom-line funny, often convulsively so. [2 Dec 1988]
- 70The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinIt will help if, while watching The Naked Gun, viewers can assume a mental age of about 14. The jokes will seem fresher that way, and they will also, much to the writers' credit, seem screamingly funny at times.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumNot quite up to "Airplane!" or "Top Secret!," but there are still laughs aplenty.
- 50TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissLike the ZAZ lads' other films, this is a movie made for a VCR Saturday night. They supply the jokes; you bring the microwave popcorn and modest expectations. [12 Dec 1988]