Review of Airplane! (1980) by Brady S — 23 Jul 2014
Classic comedy. A spoof of airplane disaster movies, and a great one.
Excellent sight gags and some very quotable one-liners. Hilariously funny at times.
Pretty much created the blueprint for spoof movies.
Not perfect: some of the jokes do fall a bit flat. Might be that they were topical at the time and today have little or no meaning. Also, the pattern and structure of the jokes gets a bit predictable after a while.
The two lead actors/actresses, Robert Hays and Julie Hagarty, are relative unknowns but the supporting cast are filled with famous faces: Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (as himself, sort of...), Ethel Merman (as herself, sort of...), David Leisure (in his debut role).
This review of Airplane! (1980) was written by Brady S on 23 Jul 2014.
Airplane! has generally received very positive reviews.
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