New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and it doesn't take long before he falls foul of the boorish Lieutenant Harris. But before long, Mahoney realises that he is enjoying being a police cadet and decides he wants to stay... while Harris decides he wants Mahoney out!
Police Academy has generally received positive reviews.
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Police Academy was released in 1984 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 465 reviews, giving Police Academy (1984) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 72%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 52%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Police Academy than critics were.
With a score of 62%, Police Academy is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1984, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1984 with similar scores include films like Breakin', Hocus Pocus and Night of the Comet.
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