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Though unabashedly juvenile and silly, Airplane! is nevertheless an uproarious spoof comedy full of quotable lines and slapstick gags that endure to this day.
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The popcorn will probably stick with you longer than this silly saga but, if you need a few belly laughs, get a boarding pass. Airplane is the ultimate take-off. Apr 28, 2018 | Full Review…
The popcorn will probably stick with you longer than this silly saga but, if you need a few belly laughs, get a boarding pass. Airplane is the ultimate take-off.
Michael Blowen
The level of humor is not always consistent, but the filmmakers have thrown almost everything in with a shotgun approach and the routines work more often than not. Jul 3, 2017 | Full Review…
The level of humor is not always consistent, but the filmmakers have thrown almost everything in with a shotgun approach and the routines work more often than not.
Ron Pennington
The really great thing about Airplane! is that the jokes undercut your expectations so deftly. Jun 8, 2015 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
The really great thing about Airplane! is that the jokes undercut your expectations so deftly.
Martin Chilton
Airplane! is a splendidly tacky, totally tasteless, completely insignificant flight, a gooney bird of a movie that looks as if it could never get off the ground and then surprises and delights with its free-spirited aerobatics. Jun 8, 2015 | Full Review…
Airplane! is a splendidly tacky, totally tasteless, completely insignificant flight, a gooney bird of a movie that looks as if it could never get off the ground and then surprises and delights with its free-spirited aerobatics.
Richard Schickel
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, who share both writing and directorial credits, become so desperate for laughs that the jokes descend to a much cruder level. Apr 7, 2015 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, who share both writing and directorial credits, become so desperate for laughs that the jokes descend to a much cruder level.
Kathleen Carroll
The gags aren't exactly clever, but there are a lot of them, and the cutting finds a fast, effective tempo. Apr 1, 2008 | Full Review…
The gags aren't exactly clever, but there are a lot of them, and the cutting finds a fast, effective tempo.
Dave Kehr
Airplane! (1980) was a trend-setting, zany, hilarious comedy - using as its core material the airplane disaster film as the spoof's stepping stone, borrowing from the subplots of heavy-handed films in the 1970s decade. Sep 27, 2019 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
Airplane! (1980) was a trend-setting, zany, hilarious comedy - using as its core material the airplane disaster film as the spoof's stepping stone, borrowing from the subplots of heavy-handed films in the 1970s decade.
Tim Dirks
Verbal jokes, novel images, and political allusions all take place, including flashbacks that give way to an amazing spoof of Travolta. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 14, 2019 | Full Review…
Verbal jokes, novel images, and political allusions all take place, including flashbacks that give way to an amazing spoof of Travolta. [Full Review in Spanish]
Jesús Fernández Santos
One of the reasons why Airplane! works as well as it does is because of those actors who play their lines with a deadpan performance. Jun 17, 2018 | Full Review…
One of the reasons why Airplane! works as well as it does is because of those actors who play their lines with a deadpan performance.
Danielle Solzman
[VIDEO ESSAY] The film's mixed bag of cultural references spill out faster than you can catch them. Mar 17, 2014 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
[VIDEO ESSAY] The film's mixed bag of cultural references spill out faster than you can catch them.
Cole Smithey
From takeoff to landing, this whacked-out parody is a loopy flight of fancy. Aug 3, 2013 | Full Review…
From takeoff to landing, this whacked-out parody is a loopy flight of fancy.
Ralph Novak
There's hardly a second that passes without an assault by a wickedly accurate spoof, cringe-inducing pun or inspired sight gag, and the years have not diminished the film's dumb appeal. Aug 3, 2013 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
There's hardly a second that passes without an assault by a wickedly accurate spoof, cringe-inducing pun or inspired sight gag, and the years have not diminished the film's dumb appeal.
John Ferguson
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