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Super Troopers
2001 100 min United States of America R 16+
★6.1
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
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Description
Five bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling on a drug ring, they plan to make a bust, but a rival police force is out to steal the glory.
Budget:
$3M
US Gross:
$18.49M
Worldwide:
$23.18M
Starring
Jay Chandrasekhar
Actor
Kevin Heffernan
Actor
André Vippolis
Actor
Awards
1 win total
Key opinion
Super Troopers is a polarizing cult comedy that functions more as a loosely connected series of sketches than a traditional narrative. While some viewers find its niche, frat-house humor charming and endlessly rewatchable, others criticize it as a bland and structurally lazy imitation of earlier police spoofs.
| Screenplay | The film functions primarily as a string of loosely connected comedic sketches rather than a cohesive story. | |
| Humor | The comedy leans heavily on culturally specific American fraternity-style humor that does not always translate effectively to international audiences. | |
| Screenplay | The plot is predictably generic, serving only as a thin framework to support the antics of the central police characters. | |
| Humor | Opinions are split on the comedy's effectiveness: some find the repetitive gags and idiosyncratic characters hilarious and charming, while others dismiss the humor as stale, forced, and unfunny. |