Cinafilm has over 5 million movie reviews and counting …

About Us
Contact Us
Sitemap
Follow us onCinafilm - Twitter Cinafilm - Pinterest

You're here:
Home
Movies
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Movie Reviews
Review by Sabrina P

Last updated: 03 Jul 2026 at 22:55 UTC

Back to movie details

Review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) by Sabrina P — 09 Jun 2009

Share

Tweet

Oh Leslie, please make more mainstream comedies again!!

This review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) was written by Sabrina P on 09 Jun 2009.

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

No

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

By James W (1,855) on 19 Jun 2014

Accident-prone detective Frank Drebin returns in The Smell Of Fear, the sequel to hit The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad…

Review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

By Barbara Shulgasser (553) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 18 Apr 2016

Raunchy, dated send-up of cop movies has lots of sex…

Review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

By Martin H (700) on 23 Dec 2013

Not as funny as the original. Leslie Nielsen is still good but found it lacking. 6/10…

Review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

By Terrence Rafferty (56) for New Yorker (1,403) on 05 May 2014

Nielsen combines B-movie earnestness, exuberant mugging, and a trouper's slightly desperate cheerfulness: he turns this rather alarming character…

Review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

By Jen M (690) on 16 Jun 2015

It can't match its predecessor for hilarity, but it has enough laughs of its own with a pitch-perfectly clueless performance by Leslie Nielsen…

Review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

By Ted W (1,490) on 30 Sep 2014

This is totally better then the first. Nicole. And franks back!!!! I knew the second movie would be better…

Review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

By Peyton C (70) on 26 Sep 2016

Great comedy. I liked the jokes and funny scenes…

Review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

By Gracjanski (417) on 22 Apr 2020

Another classic movie with Leslie Nielsen full of funny scenes. You need to focus to get all the humour, just like in the first movie…

Review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

By Lauren S (792) on 22 Dec 2014

While not as funny as the first film, this was still very entertaining…

Review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

By Grant S (1,780) on 23 Jun 2014

FRANK DREBIN IS BACK…

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

By Gm101 (146) on 14 Sep 2010

I really don't see what's so special about this movie…

Review of Spaceballs (1987)

By Billyh. (1) on 25 Mar 2008

If, before my time is come, I don't see Super Mario Brothers, then Spaceballs is my Worst Movie Ever…

Review of Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 12 Mar 2010

The result is a calculated, cynical piece of business that epitomizes the creative bankruptcy and contempt for the audience that infects so…

Review of Kindergarten Cop (1990)

By Jennifer P (568) on 16 Mar 2010

I hate Arnld so the rating sucks because of him…

Review of Irreversible (2002)

By Joshua Tanzer (113) for Offoffoff (113) on 10 Mar 2003

Likely the worst movie of the year, Irreversible exhibits fascist, gay-bashing tendencies, goes backwards for no reason, dizzies you with aimless…

Review of Lethal Weapon (1987)

By Johanna Steinmetz (72) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 12 May 2013

As action-adventure, it's pointlessly puerile, a movie where the heroes are so childish they try to one-up each other with fancy shots at the…

Review of Madagascar (2005)

By J42Hmusic (21) on 19 Feb 2011

Easily the worst movie I have ever seen…

Review of Tsotsi (2005)

By Ninjakay S (19) on 28 Mar 2008

C'est ce qu'on appelle voler un Oscar…

Review of Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

By Filipeneto (856) on 15 Sep 2021

I really liked the first movie of the franchise and was very curious to see the rest…

Review of Toy Story 2 (1999)

By Sodler (5) on 15 Aug 2021

For how much longer. Disney sequels just do not work. Pixar tries harder, but why bother if Disney only cares about the money…

Share This Page

Share

Tweet

Popular Movies Right Now

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

2023

84%62 Reviews

2014

69%994 Reviews

2019

81%171 Reviews

2022

68%181 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

2019

81%299 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

2023

68%382 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

1991

67%426 Reviews

1946

79%399 Reviews

2015

46%376 Reviews

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

2017

63%1,526 Reviews

2017

66%1,757 Reviews

American Gigolo

1980

54%176 Reviews

1999

52%161 Reviews

Before I Go to Sleep

2014

52%409 Reviews

2016

64%987 Reviews

The Ewok Adventure

1984

55%176 Reviews

Get social with CinafilmFollow us for reviews of the latest moviesCinafilm - Twitter Cinafilm - Pinterest Cinafilm - RSS

© 2026 Cinafilm Internet Productions

Prime Video logo is a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates

Our website support team can be reached by email at [email protected], or by phoning +44 3300 431 396

Cinafilm IP, Office 12693, PO Box 15113, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 2NJ, United Kingdom