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| | :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: The Naked Gun (xhtml) |
 | | Criticism quails in the face of "The Naked Gun." The film is as transparent as a third-grader with a water gun, and yet I would rather review a new film by Ingmar Bergman, for there, at least, would be themes to discuss and visual strategies to analyze. |
 | | Reviewing "The Naked Gun," on the other hand, is like reporting on a monologue by Rodney Dangerfield - you can get the words but not the music. |
 | | It was addressed to Publisher's Clearing House.) These are the same guys behind the short-lived TV series "Police Squad," which has attained cult status on video, and "The Naked Gun" is in the same style of nonstop visual and spoken puns, interlaced with satire, slapstick and scatological misunderstandings. |
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