An old-hat mixture of obvious parody and exaggerated bad taste.
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.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for pervasive crude and sexual humor, language, comic violence and drug references
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... 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 Ring," "Signs," "Matrix Reloaded," "Eight Mile," "The Others" and more, as well as pop culture trends such as "American Idol." The film brings director David Zucker back to the genre he helped create with the classics "Airplane!," "Naked Gun," "Naked Gun 2 1/2" and "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult." The cast of SCARY MOVIE 3 includes Anna Faris as eager anchorwoman Cindy Campbell; Charlie Sheen as the aliens-attracting farmer Tom and Denise Richards as his hapless wife Annie; Eddie Griffin as Orpheus and Queen Latifah as The Oracle, Aunt Shaneequa; Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy as Catholic School Girls; Leslie Nielsen as the President of The United States; Simon Rex as rap-star wannabe George; Jeremy Piven as reporter Ross Giggins; Camryn Manheim as the formidable Trooper Champlin; Regina Hall as eerie school teacher Brenda Meeks; Anthony Anderson as rap promoter Mahalik; as well as George Carlin. Fat Joe, Simon Cowell, Method Man, Redman, Macy Gray, Master P., Ja Rule, D.L. Hughley, Wu Tang Clan and The Coors Twins. The producer is Robert K. Weiss. -- © Dimension Films [More]
Starring: Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Anthony Anderson, Pamela Anderson
Starring: Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Anthony Anderson, Pamela Anderson, Peter Boyle, George Carlin, Fat Joe, William Forsythe, Simon Rex, Jeremy Piven, Regina Hall
Director: David Zucker
Director: David Zucker
Screenwriter: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer, Brian Lynch, Craig Mazin, Pat Proft, Hayden Schlossberg, Phil Beauman, Jonathan Hurwitz, Alison Fouse
Producer: David Zucker, Robert K. Weiss
Composer: James Venable
Studio: Dimension Films
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Sep 20, 2005
Reviews for Scary Movie 3
I like my physical comedy as much as anyone, but, wow, did this ever feel like a creative dead-end.
Keeping to the formula developed in the original and funny Scary Movie, Zucker and company mix in a dose of their own manic movie shenanigans and come up with a fairly fast paced romp that loses steam after an hour but is, still and mercifully, onl
The only way to review these movies is to tell you whether or not they are funny. Scary Movie 3 is funny enough.
[David Zucker] still has the eye, ear and metabolism of a hyperactive child weaned entirely on candy bars and educated by Mad Magazine.
Someone needs to tell Mrs. Zucker that her son David is being naughty again.
Although Scary Movie 2 was downright scream-worthy, director David Zucker takes the controls to push this one to new heights.
Less crude than its predecessors, this is a modestly successful spoof with just enough laughs to have you walking out with a smile on your face.
Surprisingly, 'Scary Movie 3' is a genuinely amusing movie - one of the funniest of the year.
A strong emphasis on sight gags, cameos, a little social satire, and an absolutely merciless attack on sentiment.
Does the idea of a watered-down, Wayans-free version of Scary Movie 2 sound like your cup of tea? If so, your knuckles must be raw from scraping the ground.
Although it's a definite improvement over the last movie, Scary Movie 3 feels like 20 minutes of material spread over an hour and a half.
Under Mr. Zucker's direction, Scary Movie 3 ends up being neither the lowball spoof its predecessors were, nor the sort of madcap farce for which Mr. Zucker is famous.
David Zucker hasn't exactly breathed new life into the series, but he knows what old jokes still work.
As usual, Zucker and company splash so many jokes on the screen, it doesn't even matter that less than half stick. When this movie hits, it hits big.
But this is a movie that will primarily appeal to those who are young enough to get a kick out of the inherent subversiveness of any satire aimed at popular media, without caring too much whether any of the targets are actually hit.
Crass, crude and sledgehammer- subtle. Yet, you can't help giggling yourself stupid, even at the more obvious sight gags.
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