
Drowning his sorrows after that botched mission during WWII, the traumatised former fighter pilot with a fear of flying, Ted Striker, still hasn't got over his old flame and flight attendant, Elaine Dickinson. Determined to win her back, Ted boards a domestic flight from Los Angeles to Chicago, only to come face-to-face with a severe case of in-flight food poisoning that is threatening everyone's lives. Now, with most of the passengers and the entire cockpit crew down with th... (Full plot summary below)
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Drowning his sorrows after that botched mission during WWII, the traumatised former fighter pilot with a fear of flying, Ted Striker, still hasn't got over his old flame and flight attendant, Elaine Dickinson. Determined to win her back, Ted boards a domestic flight from Los Angeles to Chicago, only to come face-to-face with a severe case of in-flight food poisoning that is threatening everyone's lives. Now, with most of the passengers and the entire cockpit crew down with the food-borne illness, Striker has no other choice but to confront his inner demons and take over the control of the ungovernable aircraft with the help of a gruff air-traffic controller and his former commander. Can Ted land the plane and save them all?
Leave your thoughts about Airplane!.
| Solzy at the MoviesDanielle SolzmanOne of the reasons why Airplane! works as well as it does is because of those actors who play their lines with a deadpan performance. |
| The TelegraphMartin ChiltonThe really great thing about Airplane! is that the jokes undercut your expectations so deftly, right down to the sour air traffic controller called Stack. When it's suggested that he turns on the landing lights on the runway, he snaps back: "That's just what they're expecting us to do." |
| VarietyVariety StaffFrom the clever Jaws take-off opening to the final, irreverent title card, laughs come thick and fast. |
| Hollywood ReporterRon PenningtonThe humor is an ingenious concoction of satire, spoof, burlesque, slapstick, raunchy dialogue and low-comedy sight gags. The jokes are directed at sex, politics, religion and almost everything else. The level of humor is not always consistent, but the filmmakers have thrown almost everything in with a shotgun approach and the routines work more often than not. |
| Boston GlobeMichael BlowenThe popcorn will probably stick with you longer than this silly saga but, if you need a few belly laughs, get a boarding pass. Airplane is the ultimate take-off. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThe spoof that launched a thousand parodies – this is the one that's 100% funny. |
| EmpireAdam SmithThe distinguishing feature of what many people consider to be the funniest movie ever made is the sheer number of gags. |
| People MagazineRalph NovakFrom takeoff to landing, this whacked-out parody is a loopy flight of fancy. |
| Stream on DemandSean AxmakerIs it the best comedy ever made? I don't know, but it surely is the funniest. I stand by that. And don't call me Shirley. |
| Time OutDon MacphersonPsycho ground controllers (Stack and Bridges), laff-a-second pace, and bludgeoning innuendo make this the acceptable face of the locker-room satire. |