Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Sep 19 '05
Pros: Irreverent mix of one-liners and a spoof of bad airplane-in-peril films; Leslie Nielsen
Cons: None
Summary: Question: What happens when three comedy writer-directors known for their spoofs of late night commercials set up a videocassette recorder to tape all the cheap-o ads that air after 11 PM and end up getting not only shills for local car ...
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Nov 08 '10
Pros: Funny, entertaining movie. Good cast.
Cons: Silly. Some things are a bit dated.
Summary: I like comedies, though some of movies that claim to be comedies end up being not that funny. Airplane! is a spoof type movie that is now considered one of the best comedies by many people. I watched the movie entirely for the ...
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Feb 27 '09
Pros: Gags, Jokes, Great Laughs, Acting, Spoof
Cons: Too short, might have some jokes that are dated.
Summary: As one of the greatest comedy movies of all time, I don't even want to think, about how many times I've watched this production. Its hilarious for anyone, although it is even better if you've seen the Airport movies that served as its inspiration. ...
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Feb 03 '09
Pros: Very funny. Timeless humor. Raunchy jokes.
Cons: Maybe your kids shouldn't watch it?
Summary: Back in 1980, when I was 8 years old, my parents subscribed to cable television. Airplane! was playing on HBO that month and I saw it for the first time. As it turned out, this 1980 disaster spoof starring Robert Hays and Julie ...
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Jun 16 '08
Pros: Funny through and through
Cons: You might miss some jokes the first time around
Summary: "Airplane!" is, was and always shall be the master of spoof movies. It is single-handedly responsible for literally inventing a sub-genre of comedy. It is the ultimate Silly Movie. A satire of the disaster movies of the 1970s, particularly the "Airport" ...
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Mar 11 '07
Pros: Nonstop laughs, excellent cast, most quotable movie ever
Cons: It has to end at some point
Summary: I'll spare you the quotations, you probably know them all already. Airplane! is without a doubt the most quotable movie I have ever seen. No comedy movie stands up to as many repeat viewings as Airplane!. If you are one of the lucky few who has yet to ...
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May 17 '06
Pros: Jokes, cast.
Cons: Weak plot (but you'll forget it due to laughing so much), fake looking airplane
Summary: "Ted Striker" (Robert Hays) has tracked down his ex-girlfriend "Elaine Dickinson" (Julie Hagerty) to the airport she works out of, and purchases a ticket on her flight to talk to her despite having a fear of flying since flying in the war. While on board ...
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Jan 19 '06
Pros: insanely funny
Cons: maybe a little too insane for some
Summary: The plot Washed-up ex-fighter-pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays) boards a passenger plane to Chicago to win back his estranged love, stewardess Elaine Dickinson(Julie Hagerty). Unfortunately, a batch of bad fish incapacitates the ...
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Dec 28 '05
Pros: The movie is still hilarious, and the DVD extras merit the upgrade.
Cons: The title of this DVD!
Summary: Leave it to three Jewish Midwesterners to make the satire vogue once again in 1980. With the release of AIRPLANE! (Paramount Pictures; rated PG for sexual and drug-related humor, brief nudity and some language; 88 mins.; released theatrically on ...
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Dec 24 '05
Pros: All secondary characters, Cultural comedy, puns, randomness
Cons: Puns get old, weak plot
Summary: Airplane! is a comedy movie starring Julie Hagerty, Robert Hays and Lloyd Bridges. Since, I know nothing about those actors I'll just describe the movie. The basic plot is that the main character wants a girl badly and since she is a stewardess, he ...
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Jul 28 '05
Pros: Great comedic script, well executed laughs, perfect casting
Cons: Wish more spoofs were as funny as this one
Summary: They called them ZAZ team, the Zucker brother and Jim Abrahams, who brought us Kentucky Fried Movie in the early 70s are back to direct what is arguably the funniest spoof movie of all time. The script is primarily a word for word retelling of the 1950s ...
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May 14 '05
Pros: Tons and tons of humor
Cons: not much besides humor
Summary: By far the best of the various Abrahams/Zucker/Zucker films, this is the one that started it all. I can’t remember any second of this film that doesn’t have a gag, and even after viewing it twenty times I still find jokes I missed. I label this as five ...
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Feb 01 '05
Pros: One of the most ridiculous comedies of all time.
Cons: None.
Summary: From the hands of geniuses comes a movie of such epic proportions that it would forever change the way audiences look at the celluloid art form. Alright, maybe "epic proportions" is overstating it just a bit, but "Airplane!" remains a monumental film, ...
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Oct 31 '04
Pros: …
Cons: …
Summary: I’ve often said that comedy could get away with a little more because we accept the fact that we’re watching the movie for the jokes and not the plot. I have to admit that Airplane! does pretty well with its plot. The movie starts with Ted Striker ...
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Jun 08 '04
Pros: Funny dialogue, funny gags and very funny movie
Cons: None, but surely not for everyone. No, it's for everyone and don't call me Shirley.
Summary: What's the funniest movie of all time? Ishtar? From Justin To Kelly? Nothing But Trouble? Surely, you can't be serious? Hmm, well, if none of those, I think a solid number one is probably Airplane! It's not my favorite film of all time, nor what I ...
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