Down Periscope

Down Periscope (1996)

  • 13% of critics liked it
    (31 reviews)

  • 60% of users liked it
    (39,451 ratings)

Vulgar, slapstick comedy abounds in this feature film debut for television sitcom star Kelsey Grammer. Almost everyone else thinks of Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge is a class "A" goof who messes up every task he is assigned, but Adm. Dean Winslow thinks otherwise and decides to give Dodge… More

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PG-13,
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Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 1, 1996 Wide
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Leonard Klady, Variety

    It's good-natured, innocuous frivolity that should raise a few smiles and generate good but not great spring box office.

  • , Time Out

    he construction is so ramshackle (or the mood so PC) that the film-makers put a woman (Holly) on board, then can't find a thing to do with her.

  • Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today

    A soggy sub sandwich layered with cheesy action, stale jokes and gung-ho baloney.

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

    The tone of the acting, which is set by Mr. Grammer's blandly laid-back performance, is all wrong for a genre that demands over-the-top hamming.

  • Hal Hinson, Washington Post

    More laid-back here than he is on television, Grammer seems to barely break a sweat.

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  • Jeff "


    Down Periscope for me, at least is a harmless comedy. Down Periscope is one of those films that you either love or hate. People seem to hate it because it's "boring", "predictable" and that the jokes fall flat on their faces. I don't believe that. Sure… More

  • Wahida K


    A rusty sub. A rebel commander. A renegade crew. When destiny called, they should have hung up. <br/>Inthebakset

  • Dean M


    This screwball comedy movie is practically <i>Police Academy</i> at sea. The humor is a little sleazy at times but the language wasn't too bad. Kelsey Grammar plays a likable role in the Navy comedy. Most of his crew are somewhat stupid characters but I did like the… More

  • xGary X


    Kelsey Grammar trades in the sophisticated wit of Frasier and slums it in this lame submarine comedy that's basically Police Academy under the sea. One of those films I couldn't helping thinking "why on earth did anyone even bother to make the effort to make this… More

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