This is a great movie for relaxing after a hard day at work. It's sheer escapism and good-humoured fun that only requires the watcher to put their mind in neutral, rest their feet, and not think too much.

A lot of the gags are not very original; we've seen most of them before in some other form. But the basic premise of a Police Academy full of misfits provides a novel context.

I've only seen this first movie of the series and don't really have plans to see any of the others. Can't believe they've made ssssssssooooo many sequels.

Too much Police Academy could certainly wear a bit thin, but first time around it's sheer good fun.

Police Academy seems like one of those movies where a screenwriter thought of one good joke and decided to write an entire movie around it. Unfortunately this isn't the correct way to write a screenplay.

Don't get me wrong, this movie does have its moments. This one's filled with about 1,000 jokes so at least a few of them are going to stick. And if you can look past all the casual racism, sexism, and homophobia, this movie probably has some charm to it, which I guess is why it spawned so many sequels. Watching this in 2017 had me cringing at a few of the jokes and words used. Different era I guess...

The best part about this movie is the memorable characters. The plot is flimsy at best so these actors are the only thing keeping this movie afloat. Guttenburg and the gang are all one dimensional characters with some type of odd character trait played for laughs but for the most part this works to an extend. All the "good cops" played their parts well. I can easily see these characters getting old sequel after sequel however.

Conclusion: An okay comedy that's a bit rough around the edges. Not something you should go out of your way to see but you could do worse.

A group of good-hearted but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.

This is just one of those iconic 1980s comedies. Between this film, its six sequels, a TV series, a comic book and more, it really became part of popular culture in a big way. Heck, Steve Guttenberg was sort of the defining comedic actor of the 1980s (and then disappeared).

Although many of the actors are best known for their roles here, it is worth noting that Kim Cattrall plays an important role and she remained popular right up through "Sex and the City". Leslie Easterbrook also stayed strong through the 2000s, something many of the cast cannot claim.