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Scary Movie 4 (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 121 Fresh: 46  Rotten:75 Average Rating: 4.8/10
 
Consensus: Sure to inspire a few chuckles, but not enough to compensate for the recycled material from its predecessors.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Theatrical Release: Apr 14, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $90,672,025

Synopsis: No spoof is left unturned in director and parody-meister David Zucker's SCARY MOVIE 4, the latest installment in the popular horror-cum-humor series. Among several returnees from previous films, Anna Faris reprises her role as Cindy Campbell, the eternally unlucky and hilariously... No spoof is left unturned in director and parody-meister David Zucker's SCARY MOVIE 4, the latest installment in the popular horror-cum-humor series. Among several returnees from previous films, Anna Faris reprises her role as Cindy Campbell, the eternally unlucky and hilariously clumsy heroine. In a send-up of 2004's THE GRUDGE, Campbell is assigned as full-time nurse to a mysterious old lady in a house haunted by the ghost of a small boy. In a takeoff of 2005's WAR OF THE WORLDS, next door lives Tom Ryan (Craig Bierko), a divorced dock worker somewhat in charge of his two kids, who is called into action as Alien TriPods (remove the "Tr" for a hint at the inspiration for their invention) seek to destroy Earth. The two meet and quickly fall in love. Joined by Cindy's ever-present sidekick, the flirtatious Brenda Meeks (Regina Hall), the protagonists must save the planet from aliens and solve the mystery of the ghostly boy. One of the stops along the way includes a sharp lampooning of THE VILLAGE, complete with appearances from SCARY MOVIE veterans Carmen Electra and Chris Elliot, and other cinematic spoofs, including BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, and SAW. The satirical wit extends beyond the movies, containing personal jabs both self-inflicted (Charlie Sheen, Shaquille O'Neal, and Dr. Phil) and not (Mike Tyson, Michael Jackson, and George W. Bush). Ultimately, there is more than enough funniness to sate the SCARY MOVIE or slapstick comedy fan's appetite. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Anna Faris, Chingy, Regina Hall, Carmen Electra, Kevin Hart

Director: David Zucker
Screenwriter: David Zucker, Craig Mazin, Jim Abrahams
Composer: James Venable

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Dec 19, 2006

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Despite an infusion of talent once associated with everything from Airplane to Hot Shots ... Scary Movie 4 feels ... far more tired and worn out that the films it spoofs ...

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07/04/08
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter
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2/5

In a quarter of a century who's even going to remember that Tom Cruise went on Oprah's show and made an ass of himself?

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08/18/07
Rob Gonsalves
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1/4

Click to read the article

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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound
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3/4

A low-brow comedy chock full of cheap laughs.

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06/16/07
Kam Williams
Richmond Post
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There are some laughs in this latest installment.

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02/06/07
Frank Lovece
Film Journal International
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2.5/4.0

Well, it's better than Scary Movie 3: Honey, I Sunk the Franchise.

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01/28/07
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com
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2.5/4

A film with more chuckles then guffaws, hopefully the producers will settle on better movies to make fun of next time around.

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12/13/06
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
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2.5/5

full review in Greek

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10/03/06
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses
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1.5/4

...there's simply no denying that these movies (and parodies in general, it would seem) have long-since outlived their usefulness.

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08/26/06
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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Has the fourth of any film series ever worked? This does! It's a franchise that could keep on scaring up the spoofs and mixed metaphors till the cows come home to roost.

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08/23/06
Michael Szymanski
Sci-Fi Weekly
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The 4th pile of CRAP

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08/21/06
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review
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It hits a few broad targets and misses many more, leaving the door open to continue the series indefinitely.

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06/12/06
Todd Jorgenson
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
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3/5

There is a certain slapdash energy and heedless silliness to the proceedings that is somewhat engaging, certainly more so than the hateful likes of Date Movie.

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06/03/06
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com
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2/5

Nada mais é do que uma colagem de referências que se julga inteligente apenas por ser capaz de recriar cenas conhecidas de outras produções.

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06/01/06
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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C-

The humor is supposed to come from the recognition that another movie or entertainment world incident from the pages of Us Weekly is having fun poked at it.

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05/13/06
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
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This franchise will never make the history books, but, you know, if they have to keep coming, this is probably the best of the lot, with more laughs than you might expect.

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05/12/06
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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If you can't find something to laugh about in Scary Movie 4, then you're dead.

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05/08/06
John Larsen
Light Views
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Watch (sober) at your peril.

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05/06/06
Anna Smith
Time Out
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2/4

Too much potty humor -- and not enough inspired comedy -- sink this fourth installment in the SM franchise.

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05/06/06
David N. Butterworth
rec.arts.movies.reviews
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4/10

...most of it was unfunny...

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05/06/06
JoBlo
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