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Scary Movie 2 (2001)

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Reviews Counted:28

Fresh:2

Rotten:26

Average Rating:3.2/10

Consensus: Instead of being funny, this gross-out sequel plays like a sloppy, rushed-out product.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong crude sexual humor, language, drug use and violence

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jul 4, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $70,916,568

Synopsis: The Wayans brothers scored a surprise monster hit with SCARY MOVIE, and in the advertising for that film they promised "no sequel." So here it is, SCARY MOVIE 2, featuring the return of Shawn and... The Wayans brothers scored a surprise monster hit with SCARY MOVIE, and in the advertising for that film they promised "no sequel." So here it is, SCARY MOVIE 2, featuring the return of Shawn and Marlon Wayans as well as Anna Faris and Regina Hall in addition to some new faces added to the gross-out fun, including Chris Elliott as a caretaker with a deformed hand that he uses extensively in his cooking, Tim Curry as a professor with a thing for the girls, David Cross as a wheelchair-bound computer geek with a great combover, and Tori Spelling as a hot teenager looking for some ghostly action. The movie begins with a prologue that spoofs THE EXORCIST, with Andy Richter as the young priest, James Woods as the old priest, and Natasha Lyonne as the poor possessed child with the salty tongue. From there the plot uses and abuses from Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING--in this case, a group of college students must spend a weekend in a haunted castle in exchange for receiving an A from their naughty professor. Once again Keenen Ivory Wayans directs, this time borrowing liberally from such classic (and not-so-classic) films as THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE, FRIDAY THE 13TH, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, POLTERGEIST, GHOSTBUSTERS, AMERICAN PIE, PAULIE, THE ENTITY, THE INVISIBLE MAN, DIRTY HARRY, WHAT LIES BENEATH, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, ROCKY, CAT PEOPLE, THE FOG, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, TWISTER, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, M:I-2, and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, among countless others. [More]

Starring: Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, David Cross

Starring: Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, David Cross, Tim Curry, Chris Elliott, Regina Hall, Natasha Lyonne, Andy Richter, Tori Spelling, James Woods, Richard Moll, Kathleen Robertson

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Screenwriter: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Alison Fouse, Greg Grabianski, Michael Anthony Snowden, Craig Wayans, Dave Polsky
Producer: Eric L. Gold
Studio: Dimension Films

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Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler
Variety
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Scary Movie 2 isn't scary, funny-scary, or even just plain funny.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
10/29/01
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
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An act of nose-thumbing that never quite figures out how, or even where, to position its thumb.

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07/16/01
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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This time Wayans and company don't so much lampoon their targets as ineptly copy them.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
07/10/01
Dennis Lim
Dennis Lim
Village Voice
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It's a lot more tightly focused than the first outing.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
07/06/01
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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If you took out all the jokes about bodily fluids, the movie could run five minutes instead of 83, and we could all go home.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
07/06/01
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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The film never really regains the opening scene's momentum.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
07/06/01
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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The inevitable sequel delivers the same schtick, but it's only fresh by half.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
07/06/01
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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Well-made and directed with finesse by old pro Keenen Ivory Wayans.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
07/05/01
David Hunter
David Hunter
Hollywood Reporter
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This isn't a movie -- it's a vaudeville sketch aimed at the lowest common denominator.

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07/05/01
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
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A pocket of infection on the skin of the American body cultural.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
07/05/01
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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Predictable but only occasionally amusing.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
07/05/01
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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So remarkably shapeless you can imagine Shawn and Marlon hashing out scenes between presenters at last year's MTV Video Music Awards.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
07/05/01
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
San Francisco Chronicle
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It shows no particular insight into the movies or cultural phenomena being mocked.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
07/05/01
Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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When did comedy become so lazy?

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
07/05/01
Chris Vognar
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
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The picture wastes barely a second heading straight into the toilet.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
07/05/01
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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Just a bunch of spotty sketches slapped together that will satisfy no one except the diehards.

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07/05/01
Loren King
Loren King
Boston Globe
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Watching Scary Movie 2 is like Chinese water torture -- you start dreading the next drip long before it drops.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
07/04/01
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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Gone is the surprise, the laughter of disbelief that made Scary Movie such a vacation from civility.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
07/04/01
Jan Stuart
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Newsday
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