The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear - Movie Reviews

This very frothy farce is more pointedly political -- refreshingly so -- than almost any "serious" movie in recent memory.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 2, 2023

The first one wasn't good, the second is despicable. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Jan 5, 2023

...the movie’s proliferation of appealing elements ensures that it remains quite engaging from beginning to end...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 10, 2022

It's as funny as the first film while also making its plot a biting parody of corporate influence on the U.S. energy industry.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 16, 2021

[A] so-so second instalment...

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 28, 2020

Raunchy, dated send-up of cop movies has lots of sex.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 19, 2016

It may not deliver as many sustained laughs as its predecessor, but the hit-to-miss ratio of its comic content is still high.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 12, 2015

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.

Full Review | May 6, 2014

What's at work here is the comedy law of diminishing returns: if you tell the same jokes over and over and over again, they become less and less and less funny.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 6, 2014

Amusing even if the law of diminishing returns is starting to kick in.

Full Review | May 6, 2014

A nifty, crisp package, but not quite up to the standards of the original picture. A dildo drill can't solve every problem.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jun 28, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 1, 2008

Not quite as fresh as the first.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 11, 2008

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

Full Review | Jan 11, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 2, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 23, 2006

Ribald, wild Zucker comedy with Leslie Nielsen in usual wild form.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 28, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 10, 2005

Provides sporadic laughs, but not as consistently funny as the first one.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 6, 2005