Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course, in which they learn to deal with guns and to recognise crimes. They also get a physical training. It appears that Ellie is a real fighting- machine, in contrast with Janis, the great student. They have to help each other, all the way to graduation.
Acting
De Mornay and Gross have genuine chaotic chemistry.
Costume
Shoulder pads so big they have their own gravity.
Director
Daniel Goldberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Daniel Goldberg also wrote the screenplay for Stripes, which explains the military-comedy DNA.
This was Rebecca De Mornay's comedic pivot after Risky Business—Hollywood had no idea what to do with her.
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