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\"\"Ski Patrol <\/strong>(1990)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Triumph\/Comedy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 91 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG (language, suggestive content)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Richard Correll\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Steven Long Mitchell and Craig W. Van Sickle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Bruce Miller\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: John M. Stephens\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: January 12, 1990 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Roger Rose, Yvette Nipar, T.K. Carter, Leslie Jordan, Paul Feig, Sean Gregory Sullivan, Tess, George Lopez, Corby Timbrook, Stephen Hytner, Ray Walston, Martin Mull, Deborah Rose, Rascal, Beirne Chislom, Jim Allman.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: $8.5M (US)<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\n

\u00a0Producer Paul Maslansky will always be associated with the Police Academy movies, a franchise he oversaw until it breathed its last breath ten years after the first one struck box office gold. After the sixth one (aka City Under Siege) bombed, he turned his attention to the ski slopes in hopes of starting a whole new comedy franchise. Hello, Ski Patrol<\/strong>! <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0It’s kind of like Police Academy on skis with bits of Meatballs, Animal House and Hot Dog…The Movie thrown in for good measure. The action centers on a group of rowdy ski patrol bums who have worked at Snowy Peaks for many years. The plot is the no-brainer of all no-brainers. A greedy land developer (Mull, Clue) wants to acquire the property and open up a luxury ski resort. He hires snobby ski instructor Lance (Timbrook, The Glass Shield) and his flunkies to commit acts of sabotage that will cause rightful owner Pops (Walston, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) to lose his lease. It\u2019s up to ski patrol leader Jerry (Rose, Friday the 13th<\/sup> Part VI: Jason Lives) and his friends to see it doesn\u2019t happen. In other words, it\u2019s the slobs against the snobs.<\/p>\n

\u00a0It sounds like a hundred other comedies, right? It does and it is. There’s nothing original about Ski Patrol<\/strong>; however, I won’t be slamming it because there\u2019s no reason for it. It\u2019s actually quite harmless. It\u2019s an amusing piece aimed at preteens with its slapstick comedy and displays of skiing and snowboarding. Despite its influences, Ski Patrol<\/strong> stays well within the bounds of its PG rating. There\u2019s no nudity or overly crude humor. It has only a smattering of bad language and the mildest of innuendo. It\u2019s an ideal choice for a kid\u2019s first trip to the movies without an adult.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Let’s meet the characters that populate Ski Patrol<\/strong>. Jerry has a crush on Pops\u2019 niece, fellow patrol member Ellen (Nipar, Terminal Entry). Resident cool black dude Iceman (Carter, Doctor Detroit) is a talented singer as exemplified by his performances of \u201cDo You Love Me\u201d, \u201cSea Cruise\u201d and \u201cDancing in the Streets\u201d (the latter at a talent show). Stanley (future Bridesmaids director Feig) is the token klutz assigned to shovel duty after not making the squad…. again. Eddie (comedian Lopez before he was famous) is an explosives expert. Tiana (Tess, The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them) is an exchange patroller from Bratislava. Their supervisor is diminutive Murray (Jordan, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday), a stickler for rules and regulations. They spend a great deal of time dealing with Suicide (Sullivan, Wayne\u2019s World), a reckless daredevil with multiple personalities. Throw in a tough forest ranger (Deborah Rose, American Drive-In) and a bulldog named Dumpster (canine actor Rascal) and you\u2019ve got one crazy line-up of kooky characters.<\/p>\n

\u00a0There are many chuckles to be had in Ski Patrol<\/strong>. Like a certain group of nutty cops, they do love a good prank. Some of them give Murray growth pills and go to extraordinary lengths to convince him they\u2019re working. Aside from that, the usual antics abound. Innocent skiers get knocked over. Skiers crash into stuff. Jerry and the Snowy Peaks crowd crash a party at a nearby upscale resort. When Lance has one of the patrollers arrested on bogus charges, the others come up with a plan to raise bail. It involves a talent show and a secret weapon. It turns out Stanley has a knack for busting moves on the dance floor.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The biggest names in the cast are Walston and Mull and while do they do an adequate job; we know they\u2019ve done better. It doesn\u2019t matter though. They\u2019re having fun and so is everybody else in Ski Patrol<\/strong>. Why burst their bubble by critiquing their performances? That would be like talking about the acting in a Police Academy movie. Nobody expects Oscar-level work in movies like Ski Patrol<\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0The director of Ski Patrol<\/strong> is one Richard Correll who works primarily in television. He\u2019s done episodes of Full House, Perfect Strangers, Family Matters and Fuller House. This is his one and only theatrical effort. Overall, it\u2019s not bad. Ski Patrol<\/strong> is amusing and dumb in equal measures. It goes without saying it\u2019s entirely predictable. We know from frame one how things will turn out in the end. So what? It\u2019s so good-natured and harmless, you just go with the flow. Sometimes we all need a good mindless comedy to take our minds off the ills of real life. Remember, man does not live by bread alone. Variety is the spice of life. Stupid is as stupid does. And the capital of Nebraska is Lincoln*.<\/p>\n

* = Hats off to anybody that can identify the source of this statement.\"\"<\/p>\n

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Ski Patrol (1990)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Triumph\/Comedy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 91 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG (language, suggestive content)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Richard Correll\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Steven Long Mitchell and Craig W. Van Sickle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Bruce Miller\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: John M. Stephens\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: January 12, 1990 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Roger Rose, Yvette Nipar, T.K. Carter, Leslie Jordan, Paul Feig, Sean Gregory Sullivan, Tess, George Lopez, Corby […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comedies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ski-Patrol-PIC.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9459"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9689,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9459\/revisions\/9689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}