Car 54, Where Are You?
Orion Pictures | Release Date: January 28, 1994 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
10
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
1
Negative:
11

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Though it has a potentially funny cast, this sprawling comedy has been made in a near-total wit vacuum. Read full review
25
The Seattle TimesJeff Shannon
Car 54, Where are You? is an insult to the popular late-1950's TV show that inspired it. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? adds nothing to the police comedy genre that another POLICE ACADEMY couldn't provide. Read full review
20
Austin ChroniclePamela Bruce
Gone is the working-class charm and truly clever, humorous situations evocative of the early 1960s and in their place, all the sophomoric, redundant jokes reminiscent of the Police Academy films. Even stars from the original show -- Nipsey Russell and Al Lewis -- can't save it. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterDavid Kronke
Car 54, Where Are You? makes the other recent big-screen adaptations of old TV series seem like episodes of "Masterpiece Theater" in comparison. [27 Jan 1994]
10
VarietyBrian Lowry
Crude, virtually laughless and aimed at a target audience that's probably never heard of the source material, "Car 54" should have a short patrol of theaters before being towed away to the vacant lot of "10 worst" lists. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Thanks to a relentlessly terrible script by many hands, it's a dumb movie about dumb cops that should have remained on the shelf, where it's been sitting for over two years. [31 Jan 1994, p.F5]
0
Washington PostDavid Mills
Car 54, Where Are You? is a stupid movie. Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid. If you pay money to see it, then you're stupid. Read full review
0
Baltimore SunStephen Hunter
If the movie were merely unfunny, one might dismiss it with an airy wave of the hand in a paragraph or two without breaking a sweat or digging into the old adjective tool box, but "Car 54, Where Are You?" is actively repulsive. Read full review
0
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
The film has none of the charm of the series. Read full review
0
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Holleman
Comedies, in general terms, are easy to evaluate. If you laugh a lot, it's good. If you don't, then it isn't. Well I didn't and it wasn't. [02 Feb 1994, p.6F]
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