The one-liners are much more effective than the sight gags ("I take it black, like my men"), mostly due to the visual jokes lacking creativity and being too on-the-nose in their execution, but it's still a thoroughly enjoyable comedy overall.
This review of Airplane! (1980) was written by Keifer F on 09 Feb 2014.
Airplane! has generally received very positive reviews.
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