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Scary Movie 4 (2006)

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Reviews Counted:123

Fresh:46

Rotten:77

Average Rating:4.7/10

Consensus: Sure to inspire a few chuckles, but not enough to compensate for the recycled material from its predecessors.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual humor throughout, some comic violence and language

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

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,... 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]

Starring: Anna Faris, Chingy, André Benjamin, Carmen Electra

Starring: Anna Faris, Chingy, André Benjamin, Carmen Electra, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Garrett Masuda, Charlie Sheen, Debra Wilson, Beau Mirchoff, Conchita Campbell

Director: David Zucker

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

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What makes it to the screen feels pretty joyless.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
04/20/06
Keith Phipps
Keith Phipps
AV Club

Unspectacular but hardly disastrous comedy.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
04/20/06
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

I can take a gross movie as well as anyone, but seeing Leslie Nielsen naked in "Scary Movie 4" pretty much set the limit.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
04/20/06
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

Thin on plot even by spoof standards, Scary Movie 4 runs like clockwork for 80 minutes. It's a movie strangely lacking in both comedic highs and lows.

Full Review Source: Zap2it.com | comment Comment
04/19/06
Dan Fienberg
Dan Fienberg
Zap2it.com

If `Scary Movie 4' had a sell-by date, it would likely be 12/31/05. Any viewing after then may cause food poisoning.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
04/19/06
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

More disposable than a five-day-old Good News razor, David Zucker's Scary Movie 4 is strictly a movie for the moment.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
04/19/06
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

You know exactly what you're going to get, and you get it. Is that so wrong?

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
04/18/06
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

The jokes miss more than they hit, but there are a lot of them, and when they work, it's gold.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
04/18/06
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
Village Voice
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Cheap laughs are better than no laughs at all.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
04/18/06
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

there are just barely enough of these hits to make this 4th installment in the spoof trilogy into a mild winner.

Full Review Source: Sean the Movie Guy | comment Comment
04/17/06
Sean McBride
Sean McBride
Sean the Movie Guy

There's a kinda/sorta plot going on here that strings together a bunch of gags, which work more often than not.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
04/17/06
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Spoofing on surprisingly solid footing for a third sequel, Scary Movie 4 continues the shift from horror to slap-shtick that director David Zucker began with No. 3 in 2003.

Full Review Source: San Antonio Express-News | comment Comment
04/17/06
Larry Ratliff
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News

Faris is left to pathetically flail for laughs by getting, you guessed it, bonked on the head. First, she gets hit with a baseball and then (spoiler alert!) she's drilled with a football.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
04/17/06
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Having director David Zucker (The Naked Gun) take on the latest Scary Movies has made the franchise slightly more watchable %u2026 even so, this series of action spoofs is difficult to watch.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
04/16/06
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile

For what it's worth, Scary Movie 4 probably is the best entry in this strangely resilient series.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
04/16/06
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

...a cockeyed collection of watered-down, lowbrow parodies that have all the revered spark of a joy buzzer jolting an arthritic patient during a spontaneous handshake.

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
04/15/06
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

The biggest joke in Scary Movie 4 is that somebody made it.

Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
04/15/06
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

The past three films left the viewer entertained and exhausted from laughter by the end. Scary Movie 4 simply leaves you feeling empty and depressed.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
04/15/06
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

If you enjoyed any of the previous Scary Movies this one will likely appeal to you. The humor is broad, but much of it hits.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
04/14/06
Chris Carle
Chris Carle
IGN Movies

The entire film is predicated on turgid slapstick bits that simply congratulate viewers for having seen a handful of recent studio blockbusters.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
04/14/06
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine
 
 
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