It simply doesn't come off, and the viewer will be left with an empty feeling, a vacuous notion that somehow the laugh scenes slipped by unnoticed. They were never really there.
Dragnet (1987)
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Reviews Counted: 29
Fresh: 14
Rotten:15
Average Rating: 5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A parody of the famous TV series, starring Dan Aykroyd as the nephew of LA's most upstanding cop. The new Sergeant Friday tries valiantly to continue his uncle's untiring quest for law and order --... A parody of the famous TV series, starring Dan Aykroyd as the nephew of LA's most upstanding cop. The new Sergeant Friday tries valiantly to continue his uncle's untiring quest for law and order -- with an emphasis on order. But with wacky hipster Pep Streebek for a partner, that's not so easy. When the mismatched twosome try to crack a case involving a crazed TV evangelist and a slimy porn mogul, law and disorder is the name of the game. [More]
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Harry Morgan, Christopher Plummer
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Harry Morgan, Christopher Plummer, Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Ashley, Alexandra Paul
Director: Tom Mankiewicz
Director: Tom Mankiewicz
Screenwriter: David Ackroyd, Alan Zweibel, Tom Mankiewicz
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Reviews for Dragnet
Aykroyd’s script has more than its share of clever, witty ideas, but the film still feels the need to descend way too often to Police Academy-style heroes-dress-up-like-idiots sequences.
Entertaining enough, but a pity they didn't draft in more of the Eisenhower context.
Mr. Aykroyd and Mr. Hanks play well together, but the funniest performance in the film is that of Dabney Coleman, as the smut king (who lisps).
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