What makes it to the screen feels pretty joyless.
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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Reviews for Scary Movie 4
I can take a gross movie as well as anyone, but seeing Leslie Nielsen naked in "Scary Movie 4" pretty much set the limit.
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.
If `Scary Movie 4' had a sell-by date, it would likely be 12/31/05. Any viewing after then may cause food poisoning.
More disposable than a five-day-old Good News razor, David Zucker's Scary Movie 4 is strictly a movie for the moment.
You know exactly what you're going to get, and you get it. Is that so wrong?
The jokes miss more than they hit, but there are a lot of them, and when they work, it's gold.
there are just barely enough of these hits to make this 4th installment in the spoof trilogy into a mild winner.
There's a kinda/sorta plot going on here that strings together a bunch of gags, which work more often than not.
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.
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.
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.
For what it's worth, Scary Movie 4 probably is the best entry in this strangely resilient series.
...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.
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.
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.
The entire film is predicated on turgid slapstick bits that simply congratulate viewers for having seen a handful of recent studio blockbusters.
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