everything you have heard about this movie is true.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Police Academy is easily the best movie of the entire series which seemed to decline steadily in quality. Made up of a cast of mostly unknowns who would later become well known for this 1984 classic, Police Academy is still a delightful comedy 33 years on.In an unnamed city (actually filmed in Toronto), the city mayor decides to solve the problem of the shortage of police officers by removing all restrictions for the police academy and no longer will cadets be discriminated against sex, weight, height, orientation, intelligence and fitness. As the gates have been thrown open, men and women of all shapes and sizes apply for the police academy. The cadets include Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg), Jones (Michael Winslow), Hightower (Bubba Smith), Tackleberry (David Graf), Hooks (Marion Ramsey), Thompson (Kim Cattrall), Fackler (Bruce Mahler), Barbara (Donovan Scott), Martin (Andrew Rubin), Blankes (Brant Von Hoffman), and Copeland Scott Thomson). While the good hearted Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) is more than willing to give all the cadets a chance, Lieutenant Harris (G.W. Bailey) is strongly opposed to the standards being lowered and is more than willing to wash a majority of the cadets out of the academy by making their lives hell. Sergeant Callahan (Leslie Easterbrook) is also one of the instructors of the academy however more than one of the male cadets have a sexual interest in her.Although Steve Guttenberg had small roles beforehand including Diner (1982), he became a household name throughout the 1980's with the first four Police Academy movies as well as movies such as Cocoon (1985), Short Circuit (1986), and Three Men and a Baby (1987). Unfortunately he was barely sighted in the 1990's and his star power that he one had was lost. Kim Cattrall also earned a number of leading lady roles in movies such as Big Trouble in Little China (1986) and Mannequin (1987), and also hit the big time with TV series Sex and the City. The rest of the cast such as Michael Winslow, David Graf, Bubba Smith and G.W. Bailey continued to appear in the Police Academy series and had a variety of small roles in other movies, however most of the cast have since developed a cult following. Sadly David Graf died in 2001 after a heart attack, former NFL star turned actor Bubba Smith died in 2011, and George Gaynes passed away in 2016.Despite its adult humour, Police Academy was a movie I enjoyed watching as a young child (though I had hired the movie out on video and had watched it numerous times, my mother forbid me to watch the first movie upon discovering a number of infamous scenes) as well as the rest of the movies and the animated series (which got me hooked originally).Police Academy is still a time pleasing classic comedy that is still enjoyable as time goes on. The same can't be said for the rest of the series with its over reliance of unsophisticated humour, sex-related jokes and physical comedy which did become repetitive. That aside, the first movie still remains as the most memorable of the series.7/10.

With seven films in the 80's and into the 90's, the Police Academy series of comedy films are known for their stupid humour and crazy bunch of characters. Here is where the insanity all kicked off and in mediocre fashion, how this spawned so many sequels I'll never know although financially this was a massive success though. The film is about a new law where basically anyone can apply to be a Police Officer and go through training in the academy. Of course the law brings in many wacky people and those who don't even want to be there because they have to go, the film thrives on creating oddballs but really fails to get a lot of decent jokes out, squandering any chances this had at being at least satisfactory.The film stars people such as Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith and for me and I think for many others the best person in this, Michael Winslow. Although the character of Cadet Eugene Tackleberry is close to being the best comedy performance in this, Winslow's character Larvell Jones another cadet is actually funny in this, the noises this guy makes are very memorable even from this film. The movie isn't bad in my opinion far from it, many critics in the day really hated this but it isn't really a movie so dumb you'll want to turn it off, it has it's moments and some are pretty good but I just felt it is a little too dumb to be anything but average.Hugh Wilson is the guy behind this directing and co-writing and he doesn't do so well, the moments in which the film could have been funny are squandered by bad choices direction wise and making some jokes just too crude. The movie could also be said to be misogynistic and homophobic which could be true, I heard many homophobic slurs and characters saying another is gay as an offensive term. The treatment of women in the film is questionable and although Cattrall's character Karen Thompson is a strong minded woman, many women in this are seen only in a sexual way.I think although the film can be backwards, some moments of this movie do have good humour and can be funny(it doesn't excuse the backward attitudes though). It mostly gets by in the laughing areas with physical humour and at times Commandant Lassard the man in charge of the academy has some great one liners. Lt. Harris played by G.W. Bailey is also pretty good in his role, he is easily dislikeable and so many things that happen to harm him or offend him are easily likable moments of this movie. Overall I can't really recommend Police Academy mostly because it's just not that good, I mean some people may really like it and it could right up you street but it's too silly for me and I feel for others too. So there you have it, the start to a long running series of films that just seemed to never stop, it did finally of course but even today they are talking about doing a reboot, I hope if they do then it can actually be a good film for once.

Released in 1984, "Police Academy" details the amusing misadventures that take police at a police academy when the mayoress removes the conventional requirements for joining the force. No longer is sex, weight, height, etc. a factor, which opens the door for a wide range of recruits – mostly misfits – including those played by Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, Michael Winslow, Bubba Smith, Donovan Scott, David Graf and Marion Ramsey. G.W. Bailey and Leslie Easterbrook play trainers while George Gaynes is on hand as the commandant.I judge comedies by how funny they are and "Police Academy" has a few laugh-out-loud scenes with the rest being consistently amusing. Steve Guttenberg is a strong protagonist and it's cool seeing Kim Cattrall when she was so young. I like the fact that you get to know many of the recruits; you start caring for them and whether or not they'll make it. There's a little bit of nudity and raunch that I could do without, but that's to be expected with a movie like this. In any case, it's not the bulk of the picture, which focuses on goofy and dumb humor. The ending leaves you with a good feeling.The film runs 96 minutes and was shot in Toronto, Ontario and nearby Brampton.GRADE: B-

The Policy Academy Trilogy is one of the most memorable cinema work in the 1980s, so, I naturally was hoping that the first movie in the franchise would be a good one.This first movie, about a group of good-hearted but incompetent misfits who enter the police academy after the city's mayor allowed for virtually any one to apply, was just one gag after the other, with little or no plot. The excessive sexual innuendos were over the top and the movie takes a very long time to gain any steam. You might get a few chuckles here and there from the ongoing jokes, but you probably won't mind much excitement or thrills in the action-less plot.The acting, though, was as good as it can be in the film, with Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey and George Gaynes being the highlight of the show. David Graf's Tackberry character was a little too overzealous and Andrew Rubin's oversexed George Martin character was a turn-off.If you would like to watch the Police Academy movies, stick with the sequels, particularly Parts Two and Three.Grade D-