The jokes miss more than they hit, but there are a lot of them, and when they work, it's gold.
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04/18/06
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Scary Movie 4 (2006)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:10
Rotten:13
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Sure to inspire a few chuckles, but not enough to compensate for the recycled material from its predecessors.
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,... [More]
Starring: Anna Faris, Chingy, André Benjamin, Carmen Electra
Director: David Zucker
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Top CriticScary Movie 4 never takes you close to death by laughter, as the Naked Gun films did. But it's funny enough to turn the hands on your watch much more quickly than you can believe.
04/14/06
Top CriticThe even numbers don't favor the Scary Movie franchise. Inspiration ran dry for the Wayans Brothers in No. 2; now successors David Zucker & Co suffer gag fatigue following up their moderately improving efforts on the third installment.
04/14/06
Top CriticScary Movie 4 is the second to be directed by Airplane! and The Naked Gun's David Zucker and possibly the funniest one yet.
04/14/06
Top CriticScary Movie 4 isn't a comedy classic, but it's still about five times as funny as Scary Movie 3.
04/14/06
Top CriticIt's a far cry from the hilarious, edgy antics of Scary Movie, but it has about as much going for it as the first sequel.
04/14/06
Top CriticA throw-it-at-the-wall-and-see-if-it-sticks onslaught of potty jokes, puns, celebrity cameos, J-horror, and j-high sophistication and wit. You get laughs, but not nearly as many as you'd hoped.
04/14/06
Top CriticWith Scary Movie 4, [director] Zucker creates a virtual duplicate of the last film, replete with a Michael Jackson impersonator. Once again, the gags grow repetitive, and all the highlights have been featured in the preview trailer.
04/14/06
Top CriticThere are relatively few laughs -- unless you crave toilet humor -- in this direct-to-video-grade installment.
04/14/06
Top CriticThere's only so much humor left to wring from the pup tent of Brokeback Mountain or the matted-hair fetish of the Japanese horror genre.
04/14/06
Top CriticFour installments later, the horror-movie jokes have gotten broader, grosser and just plain dumber.
04/14/06
Top CriticDon't let the number scare you: Scary Movie 4 is spooferific.
04/14/06
Top CriticFrighteningly silly, intentionally incorrect and stupendously stupid, Scary Movie 4 skewers everything in its path with a wild-eyed glee that's contagious.
04/14/06
Top CriticScary Movie 4 is the rare movie spoof that's actually better than the titles it lampoons.
04/14/06
Top CriticThe perpetual engine of the unkillable Scary Movie chain is toxic cynicism.
04/14/06
Top CriticDriven by gags and cultural feedback, Scary Movie 4 is an exercise in lowbrow postmodernism, a movie-movie contraption more nuts than Charlie Kaufman's gnarliest fever dream.
04/13/06
Top CriticScary Movie 4 proves that downward momentum is still momentum, and some comedic concepts keep rolling long after they've exhausted almost all the laughs.
04/13/06
Top CriticLike the gags, many of the cameos don't pack a whole lot of punch, but enough succeed so that the viewer leaves with a mildly favorable impression. Regrettably, this is probably more a function of human psychology than moviemaking skill.
04/13/06
Top CriticIt has 10 big belly laughs, which puts it about a dozen ahead of this season's competition.
04/13/06
Top CriticThe gags are hit-and-miss, and regardless of their success, they categorically go on too long.
04/13/06
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