Hailed by the American Film Institute as "one of the top ten funniest movies ever made," this classic 1980 spoof of disaster movies stars Lloyd Bridges. Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Julie Hagerty, and Robert Hays. When the fish served aboard and aircraft flying from L.A. to Chicago gives many passengers and crew -- including both pilots -- food poisoning, disaster seems imminent for the unlucky unaffected. A traumatized ex-war pilot (Hays), on board hoping to rekindle his relationship with his stewardess ex-girlfriend (Hagerty), seems to be the doomed flight's last hope. The film is indescribably silly, but this kind of silliness works, because its intelligent. Part of what also makes the film succeed is that it doesn't try or pretend to be anything other than it is, so the audience is laughing with it, not at it. The short running time prevents overload and further adds to the enjoyability of the film.
Should you see it: Yes
Grade: B+
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