Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

daddysarm I guess seeing parts of one or two of the sequels had soured me on the franchise. But, this original is hilarious. And did I mention that it is about the most NON-POLITICALLY-CORRECT movie ever. Did I mention that I an giving it an extra star for driving today's politically-correct fools crazy. Can you imagine how many blood vessels pop whenever one of today's politically-correct fools dares to watch this? Countless. I recommend all of today's colleges show Police Academy & Animal House non-stop in all their official "safe spaces". I'm giving another star for Bubba Smith. Beyond that, well, good speech.

Uriah43 Due to a severe shortage of police officers, the mayor of an undisclosed city decides to issue new guidelines for the local police academy which essentially abolishes all normal standards. As expected this results in a large response for applications but when all is said and done those finally accepted aren't exactly the cream of the crop by any reasonable standard. Consequently, the chief of police orders the man in charge of the police academy, "Commandant Lassard" (George Gaynes) to weed them out. However, since he has been prohibited from firing them he has to make them quit instead. Yet even then this goes against his temperament and knowing this the chief of police turns to two of the meanest police cadre by the names of "Lieutenant Harris" (G. W. Bailey) and "Sergeant Callahan" (Leslie Easterbrook) to essentially get the job done. But none of them fully comprehend what they are up against. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie I will just say that this was a decent comedy for the most part and from what I understand it has garnered more than $100 million and spawned at least 6 sequels. So it has been quite successful in that regard. That said, about the only criticism I have of it is that some of the humor tended to be a bit on the crude side which I thought was completely unnecessary. But that is just my opinion. In any case, there is some good humor here as well and because of that I have rated this movie accordingly. Slightly above average.

Hans Gerber First things first: I fully agree on the bad reviews about the sequels .. but this one is different. The first Police Academy Movie comes up with lots of funny ideas (mostly slapstick gags) and even an not to uninteresting plot. But unlike the other PA parts this one doesn't exaggerate the slapstick humor keeping gags and story on a balanced level. As far as i can see it most of the bad reviews here like so often resulted out of wrong expectations. This movie is not to be intended to be a smart and sharp satire but rather just a movie for simple unpretentious entertainment. If you only are able to laugh about movies that mentally challenge you Don't WATCH THIS ONE or you gonna waste your time/money.

Maziun I'm not necessary a fan of low brow , unsophisticated humor. I avoid toilet and vulgar humor. "Police academy" isn't an intelligent or sophisticated comedy. However I like it because the humor is pretty much innocent and never crosses the line of good taste. Yes , it's R rated comedy but most of the jokes here actually make this a good family entertainment. It was made in era where similar movies like "Caddyshack" (good) , "Porkys" (bad) , "Stripes" (bad) "Bachelor party" (decent) or "Revenge of the nerds" (decent) gained popularity. From all of them "PA" was the most popular and is the best. Funny thing – The plot was actually inspired by real life ! Paul Maslansky got the idea for Police Academy during production of " The Right stuff" (1983). A group of police cadets arrived to help with crowd control for the filming of a street scene. When the cadets piled out of the buses to take their posts, they were diverse; men, women, tall, short, black, Chinese. Maslansky found it humorous, asking the sergeant, "Are these all going to be future San Francisco's finest ? " The sergeant looked at Paul and said that due to an equal opportunity recruitment policy, "We've got to take them all into the academy, but we can flunk them out."The movie has got some kind of plot , but to be honest the whole story is just an excuse for a marathon of gags. "Police academy" pretty much feels like a series of sketches with likable goofy characters. Ah yes , the characters . There are the main strength and the heart of the movie. They are pretty much one dimensional and lack depth , but how entertaining they are ! They memorable , colorful , likable and unforgettable. Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg in role which made him famous) the wise cracking, prank pulling underdog with heart of gold. Larvell Jones (Michael Winslow) the human sound effect machine. Tackleberry (David Graff) the gun-happy macho. Comendant Lassard (George Gaynes) the completely clueless old man. Moses Hightower (Bubba Smith) black giant . Lieutenant Harris (G.W.Bailey) the lovely asshole. Hooks (Marion Ramsey) shy black woman with voice projection problems. Feckler (Bruce Mahler) the ultimate unlucky nerd. Who could forget about them !The movie was written by Hugh Wilson (director) , Pat Proft and Neal Israel ("Bachelor party" and the "Naked gun" trilogy). Memorable one liners and scenes , especially : The scene with the hooker in the speaker's podium , the horse scene , the unforgettable Blue Oyster bar , the sexy Amazon drill instructor , "Princess ?! More like a Prince to me !" , Larvell Jones intimidating guns and many more… The movie doesn't care about political correctness and that's one of the reasons why I like it. Solid acting from all people in the cast. Watch out for young and uncredited Ed O'Neill ("Married with children" TV series) handing out uniforms on the first day at the Academy. Robert Smith created one of the most memorable and likable music themes ever. He also provides a good score for the whole movie. The tango is called "El Bimbo" performed by Jean-Marc Dompierre and his orchestra.The sequels didn't live to the original and sadly many people seem to think that the original was bad too. I don't really think they should make them in the first place. There simply wasn't any potential to create good franchise. The sequel number 2 is watchable , but the series got repetitive and boring very quickly. The TV series were also bad."Police academy" is a good comedy. It's FAR from "Worst movies ever " list . It's innocent, silly , sometimes stupid fun . It's better than so-called raunchy comedies like "Stepbrothers" that Hollywood is making now. I give it 7/10.