This very easily could have been a terrible movie, but for the most part, it works. All the different personalities in the station interact and intersect in fun ways, and while it is a wild story, it seldom seems implausible or over-the-top, and that makes the more ridiculous moments even funnier set against this plausible backdrop. There are, of course, plenty of good tunes in here too, as the band essentially turns their hostage situation into a mega rock concert with their favorite songs as crowds of interested citizens gather outside the station to tune in and see what's happening. There are about 10 mini-plots running at any given time throughout this movie, so there are certainly some that work better than others -- I never got much out of Michael Richards crawling around in the vents or random people laughing at Chris Farley for being a fat police officer -- but the core of this movie works and is a pretty good time.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Airheads > The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Airheads < Jack Goes Boating
Airheads > Charlie St. Cloud
Airheads > A Serious Man
Airheads < Top Secret!
Airheads > Last Year at Marienbad
Airheads < The Crow
Airheads > Nick of Time
Airheads > It (2017)
Airheads > Fresh
Airheads > 1917
Airheads > The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Final spot: #1005 out of 3475 so far, or 71%.
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