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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

If you see only one movie this year... you ought to get out more often.

1991 · 1h 26m · PG-13 Comedy, Crime
Directed by David Zucker

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Overview

Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.

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Top critics, in their words

All reviews
77%
Tomatometer
Fresh

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.

Terrence Rafferty, New Yorker
Rotten

A feeble sequel.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

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

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

The enthusiastic Zucker, Zucker & Abrahams style of movie parody is too rarely seen to prompt much head-shaking about gags that don't work.

Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh

The opening and closing credits alone are almost worth the price of admission.

John F. Kelly, Washington Post

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