The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear 1991

Critics score:
59 / 100

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Vincent Canby, New York Times: The enthusiastic Zucker, Zucker & Abrahams style of movie parody is too rarely seen to prompt much head-shaking about gags that don't work. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: A feeble sequel. Read more

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Terrence Rafferty, New Yorker: Nielsen combines B-movie earnestness, exuberant mugging, and a trouper's slightly desperate cheerfulness: he turns this rather alarming character into a sweet, ebullient lunatic -- albeit one who's hell on innocent bystanders. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Nielsen's secret is that he does almost nothing, and certainly nothing he seems to think is funny. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Even if the laugh machine isn't operating at top efficiency, it still cranks out a few choice bits of irreverent lunacy. Read more

John F. Kelly, Washington Post: The opening and closing credits alone are almost worth the price of admission. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: In the limbo of comedy, few can go lower than Zucker without visibly straining. Read more