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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasIt's a swift, shrewdly devised youth comedy, a reliable blend of dazzling stunts on the slopes, including mind-boggling somersaults on skis and cornball humor. [15 Jan 1990, p.F9]
- 25The Seattle TimesJohn HartlThe Seattle TimesJohn HartlAs skiing comedies go, this one is no easier to endure than Hot Dog - The Movie or Snowball Express. Maslansky instructed his writers to come up with a script to go along with the title he'd dreamed up, and every character, comic twist and plot development seems tortuously manufactured and insincere. [10 Feb 1990, p.C7]
- 20Time OutTime OutWhy do these 'zany' comedies fall back on the corniest situations and the most predictable stereotypes?
- Ski Patrol is lame-brained entertainment stuffed with tired gags and stale slapstick.
- 20The GuardianThe GuardianSki Patrol is produced by Paul Maslansky, who was responsible for the Police Academy series. Substitute a ski lodge in Utah for the well-known Academy and you have the film in one the kind of baleful adolescent material that would knock the warts straight off Cromwell's face. [14 Jun 1990]
- 10Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyLame jokes, dull cast, stale plot. Ski Patrol, ski-daddle.
- 10The New York TimesCaryn JamesThe New York TimesCaryn JamesMovies don't get more derivative or less comic than this.
- 0San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA comedy without laughs. The people on screen laugh more than the audience. I'd be willing to bet that the average person laughs more during any given 105 minutes of the workday than they would during all of Ski Patrol. Even if they go to Ski Patrol having had a few drinks. [05 Mar 1990, p.F1]
- 0Chicago TribuneGene SiskelChicago TribuneGene SiskelA most unfunny comedy about hijinks on the slopes, featuring a short ski patrol leader, a flatulent dog, assorted cutups and a stereotypical black patrol member who sings and dances a lot more than he skis. [19 Jan 1990, p.A]