You can throw a pillow at our face or hit us with a knock-out dart (why?!), but also listen to us when we say that The Naked Gun really is a sports movie. About 1/3rd of the film is set at the ballpark with Leslie Nielsen doing what he does best: bumbling his way through somehow solving a tough case. Nielsen plays it straight through all the gags and jokes (often double jokes) that only work if you deliver them the way that he does. Credit to George Kennedy, Ricardo Montalban and Priscilla Presley for doing that so well too. This is also the rare baseball comedy that rewards repeat viewings. Just like in the ZAZ guys' Airplane, there are details you might not have picked up on the first time or the second time...or maybe even the third time.

 

So try to look past the presence of a certain running back and appreciate the enduring hilarity that is The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad.

 

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