Review of Airplane! (1980) by Scott Tobias for The A.V. Club — 04 Mar 1981
The hits outnumber the misses well enough in Airplane!, especially in the first half, when the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team (writer-directors David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker) are layering jokes in the foreground and background.
There are parodies of popular favorites like Jaws and Saturday Night Fever, wacky stock footage on back-screen projection, slapstick violence against various religious solicitors, and plenty of silly wordplay.
You can read the full review where it was originally posted online.
This review of Airplane! (1980) was written by Scott Tobias and published by The A.V. Club on 04 Mar 1981.
Airplane! has generally received very positive reviews.
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