The life of Mahoney, a young teenager guy, who according to his criminal works, has been sent to the police academy, has been changed completely, as he faces many challenges in coping with the hard life of police, but after a short time, he insists on becoming a police officer, as he loves such academy.
A Reagan-era screed against affirmative action, Police Academy warns what misfits and lowlifes wait to pour through the floodgates.
Fred Topel
About.com
August 13, 2003
Excellent misfit comedy. The R rating gives it edge that the sequels lack.
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
October 16, 2004
Goofy group makes 'Car 54 Where Are You?' seem like Shakespeare.
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
August 21, 2004
A tasteless comedy.
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
March 31, 2004
You know how people talk about a movie being so bad it's good? Police Academy is that movie.
Rob Vaux
Mania.com
March 24, 2014
The movie had its moment in the sun, somebody made a lot of money from it and then it vanished. Mercifully so in most ways, but not without leaving at least a little whiff of younger, happier days behind.
