Too often even Scary Movie 3's cleverest bits degenerate from affectionate satire into mere imitation of their sources.
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10/30/03
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Scary Movie 3 (2003)
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Reviews Counted:121
Fresh:45
Rotten:76
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: Though an improvement over the second Scary Movie, the laughs are still inconsistent.
Theatrical Release:Oct 24, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $109,838,872
Synopsis: The comedy spoof series that knows no fear is at it again with its funniest installment yet: SCARY MOVIE 3. Taking shots at the latest crop of block-busters, SCARY MOVIE 3 irreverently roasts "The... [More]
Starring: Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Anthony Anderson, Pamela Anderson
Director: David Zucker
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Reviews for Scary Movie 3
There's stupid, and then there's nonsensically stupid. Scary Movie 3 is absolutely nonsensical.
10/30/03
Best way to ensure a film isn't taken too seriously? Cast Leslie Nielsen of Naked Gun fame as president of the United States. That'll do the trick.
10/30/03
...“Scary Movie 3” is not without its problems...
10/30/03
When Scary Movie 3 hits, its belly laughs are loud and long, and it actually picks up steam in its second half.
10/30/03
A hit-or-miss affair, but the gags that connect really connect.
10/29/03
Top CriticUltimately a disposable movie that feeds off the pop culture of the moment, but for now -- for some generally funny comedy -- it's not a bad time at the movies.
10/29/03
...that’s three times the regurgitated chuckles since the original made the scene and ushered in this so-called unavoidable phenomenon that keep popping up like an annoying pimple on an adolescent girl’s face.
10/29/03
No one goes to Scary Movie 3 expecting a work of genius. We go to be distracted for a while. It works on that level. Sometimes that is enough.
10/28/03
Enough laughs for me to recommend (on video).
10/28/03
Leslie Neilsen reteams with Zucker as President Harris, and it's refreshing to see him in a wacky comedy spoof that is actually funny.
10/28/03
Rebounds nicely from its sophomore misfire, giddily inbreeding the plots of a half-dozen box office overachievers—from The Ring to 8 Mile -- until the result assumes a comically unstoppable life of its own.
10/28/03
The only thing scarier than the opening weekend box office of this horror spoof trequel is the body count of unfunny jokes.
10/28/03
If you aren’t going to make the movie funny, you could at least make the title appropriate.
10/27/03
See it if you must.
10/27/03
This third outing is 90% chaff, 10% wit, and pure Children of the Corny.
10/27/03
The flood of silly jokes will either make you laugh or they won't, but at least Zucker enlists the services of several veterans of this kind of nonsense.
10/27/03
While the spoof may not be dead, Scary Movie 3 may mark the death of the genius of David Zucker.
10/27/03
Celebrity Interviews - Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Simon Rex and Anthony Anderson reveal the joys of working with Airplane and Nake Gun auteur David Zucker.
10/27/03
... this genre is pretty much dead.
10/27/03
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