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The kind of thing that leads to sleepless nights -- from severely bruised rib cages.
There's energy and glee in the movie, as if the Wayans brothers were still little boys, desperately working to out-gross each other. Naughty little boys and girls everywhere, even those who have officially grown up, will appreciate their commitment.
Would it be asking too much if the hit-and-miss jokes could maybe nudge an inch beyond the obvious?
To get your money's worth, you need to be familiar with the various teenage horror franchises, and if you are, Scary Movie delivers the goods.
This movie, by any name, would be as entertaining.
Like most gag-driven farces, it's a hit or miss affair.
This movie will only frighten you with its crudeness.
Ends up being less funny than its primary target, the already-self-satirizing Scream series.
Scary 1 is a funny slasher while Scary 2 switches to the supernatural. Scary 3 is faintly X-Files-ish and Scary 4 is distinctly sci-fi. They're so clever.
The appeal seems to lie less in laughter than in respect for the filmmakers' irreverence as viewers sit back and think, "I can't believe they showed that!"
Is it gross? Yes. Is it tasteless? Yes. And you can say the very same thing about the films that Scary Movie parodies.
If you're hoping to forget your troubles for 90 minutes, Scary Movie certainly does the job.
Does its spoofing with a blunt instrument instead of a scalpel, and it's engineered to appeal to the lowest instincts of its targeted adolescent audiences.
Scary Movie's humor is definitely in the gutter.
The humor in this movie is based on the concept that if enough jokes are fired off in a row, some of them will make you laugh. The concept works.
Scary Movie is a sporadically hilarious parody of teen horror movies that too frequently seems half-baked.
Make no mistake -- this one is lowbrow comedy all the way.
[The Wayans'] approach, incorporating the crude humor that has become so popular of late, generates an unfortunate digression from the point.
The air of desperation is emphasised by the insistence on padding out horror-movie gags with crude Farrelly-style humour.
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