Is there hope in the vast wilderness of dull comedies.. will slapstick bring us all back to a theater to laugh again–like really laugh?
The newest NAKED GUN movie is released this week.. thanks to Liam Neeson, the straight laced face who will provide indecent frivolity..
Here is what a sampling of critics have said:
One of the funniest movies in recent history… It is just what I have been missing with comedies.
— Rachel Leishman, The Mary Sue
One of the most audacious comedies in years; one that evoked the biggest laughs of any press screening I’ve ever attended.
— David Gonzalez, The Cinematic Reel
It’s the funniest godd–n thing in years.
— Siddhant Adlakha, Inverse
It’s very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very funny.
— William Bibbiani, TheWrap
The flick achieves what few comedies these days even attempt.
— Joey Magidson, Awards Radar
There’s enough inspired nonsense here to keep comedy-starved theatrical audiences engaged.
— David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
Other 2025 films have jokes; this one is jokes, and most of those jokes are really, really, really f—ing funny.
— David Ehrlich, IndieWire
Akiva Schaffer’s The Naked Gun really is The Naked Gun, not some halfhearted rehash or itemized nostalgia checklist.
— William Bibbiani, TheWrap
It’s arguably just as funny as the first three.
— Aidan Kelley, Collider
[It has] the kind of retrograde, politically incorrect humor that makes the movie feel almost like the old Naked Gun.
— David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
The original Naked Gun was hilarious. It was a film that practically had audiences wetting their pants. The new Naked Gun, by contrast, is amusing.
— Owen Gleiberman, Variety
Not everything lands, but on the whole, the film’s batting average is higher than 1994’s The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult.
— Nick Schager, The Daily Beast
Early Rotten Tomato score is 91%!
We just want to laugh again…
