The read
A Balasaur Score of 60 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 58%, Metacritic 41/100. Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 7 titles in its series.
Synopsis
New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and it doesn't take long before he falls foul of the boorish Lieutenant Harris. But before long, Mahoney realises that he is enjoying being a police cadet and decides he wants to stay... while Harris decides he wants Mahoney out!
Ratings
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
3,086 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert FolkOriginal Music Composer
- Neal IsraelScreenplay
- Hugh WilsonScreenplay
- Pat ProftScreenplay
- Hugh WilsonDirector
Cast
- Steve GuttenbergCarey Mahoney
- Kim CattrallKaren Thompson
- G.W. BaileyLieutenant Harris
- Bubba SmithMoses Hightower
- Donovan ScottLeslie Barbara
- George GaynesCommandant Lassard
- Andrew RubinGeorge Martin
- David GrafTackleberry
- Leslie EasterbrookSergeant Callahan
- Michael WinslowLarvell Jones
- Debralee ScottMrs. Fackler
- Bruce MahlerDoug Fackler
