Airplane! (1980)
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After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
Cast
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Lloyd Bridges
- Peter Graves
- Julie Hagerty
- Robert Hays
- Leslie Nielsen
- Lorna Patterson
- Robert Stack
- Stephen Stucker
- Otto
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- Apr 5, 2020
At one point Leslie Nielsen has a line that's not funny and I thought "I hope that pays off" and then it pays off twice and gets funnier each time
Patrick WillemsAug 10, 2019“Nervous?” “Yes.” “First time?” “No, I've been nervous lots of times.”
Ethan ☔️Jul 27, 20141) It's been scientifically proven that this is the funniest movie of all time, so we don't need to have that conversation any more. 2) I thought jive was an actual language until I was maybe 13. 3) For some odd reason the visual gag of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar being…
Jeff - Jan 8, 2015
"Captain, how soon can we land?" "I can't tell." "You can tell me, I'm a doctor." "No, I mean I'm not sure." "Can't you take a guess?" "Well... not for another two hours." "You can't take a guess for another two hours?"
AmandaFeb 17, 2022i think my favorite joke in this is that exact same shot of the plane they cut to like eighty times
adamboltMar 25, 2022They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let ‘em crash.
Bryan Espitia - Sep 6, 2020
Jim never vomits at home
Jakie Cake$Sep 13, 2019Not gonna lie sometimes that boomer humor do be hitting
cigarettesNov 24, 2018Every Thanksgiving my family watches this and it never gets old. I’ve seen it over 10 times and I’m still discovering new jokes. One of my favorite comedies of all time...maybe my favorite.
Karsten
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- Chavez lovedAirplane!
I get it doesn't age well at all and it's not appropriate but I will never not laugh at the drinking problem joke
Sabrina Bondi lovedAirplane!It is very funny in a very silly kind of way and that people who intend to see it should do so as soon as possible. For this is a movie whose charm comes totally from the unexpected, off-the-wall nature of its jokes.
Jonah Zimmermann lovedAirplane!The pinnacle of dry humor, Airplane! Is easily one of the funniest movies ever made. Its totally inappropriate humor Shirley would not fly today.
- Teddy Raspberry likedAirplane!
80’s spoof movies were pure cinema
Nenibus dislikedAirplane!i def overhyped it. the trailer was funnier than the movie itself… the humor just wasnt for me and the jokes that were good, i had already seen. also, it was also really boring. i barely stayed awake, just watching as time passed.
Loki_gator lovedAirplane!I cannot being to describe how much I loved this. Every scene had me dying laughing. It totally deserves it’s ranking of a classic and if you haven’t seen it yet I can’t recommend it more.
- Alex G likedAirplane!
Pretty funny movie honestly. Don’t know if I’d watch it again but it was still pretty good. 7.0/10
nickhurst likedAirplane!i am serious, and dont call me shurly. Very funny old movie!!!! hahahahhahahahahh 😔 8.2/10
Josh Tuinder lovedAirplane!Old school spoof comedy. Ridiculous but I love it.
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- MHMarissa Helmle
Metacritic
A sometimes silly, occasionally hilarious, and often sophomoric spoof of airline disaster films in which a passenger tries to land a disabled plane. Some of the jokes are tasteless, but there is a general air of good cheer as the script laughs most of all at the already laughable Airport movie series. [11 July 1980, p.3-8]
Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
It is sophomoric, obvious, predictable, corny, and quite often very funny. And the reason it's funny is frequently because it's sophomoric, predictable, corny, etc. Example: Airplane Captain (Peter Graves): Surely you can't be serious. Doctor (Leslie Nielsen): I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley. This sort of humor went out with Milton Berle, Jerry Lewis, and knock-knock jokes. That's why it's so funny.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
At a time when throwaway gags seem like a luxury in any film, Airplane! has jokes—hilarious jokes—to spare. It's also clever and confident and furiously energetic, and it has the two most sadly neglected selling points any movie could want right now: it's brief (only eighty-eight minutes), and it looks inexpensive (it cost about three million dollars) without looking cheap. Airplane! is more than a pleasant surprise, in the midst of this dim movie season. As a remedy for the bloated self-importance of too many other current efforts, it's just what the doctor ordered.
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
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