Scary Movie 3

2003, Comedy, 1h 24m

129 Reviews 250,000+ Ratings

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Though an improvement over the second Scary Movie, the laughs are still inconsistent. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

After newspaper reporter Cindy (Anna Faris) accidentally watches a strange videotape that causes the viewer to die within a week, she discovers the tape is only one of many weird happenings. Local farmers Tom (Charlie Sheen) and George (Simon Rex) have reported massive crop circles appearing overnight in their fields. Cindy finds a link between the tape and the crop circles with help from the U.S. president (Leslie Nielsen) and a kindly aunt (Queen Latifah).

Rating:

PG-13 (Drug References|Comic Violence|Language|Pervasive Crude Humor|Sexual Humor)
Genre:

Comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

David Zucker
Producer:

Robert K. Weiss
Writer:

Pat Proft, Craig Mazin
Release Date (Theaters):

Oct 24, 2003 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

May 11, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA):

$110.0M
Runtime:

1h 24m
Distributor:

Miramax Films
Sound Mix:

SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio:

Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

Anna Faris
Cindy Campbell

Anthony Anderson
Mahalik

Leslie Nielsen
The President of the United States

Camryn Manheim
Trooper Champlin

Simon Rex
George

George Carlin
Architect

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Audience Reviews for Scary Movie 3

Apr 06, 2015

A more polished entry of the series, Scary Movie 3 boasts a more mature Anna Faris' protagonist Cindy Campbell into the franchise. Whilst it every so often references its ghetto american pie roots, the Wayans Brothers have fled the scene and that's probably for the best.

Harry W Super Reviewer
Aug 24, 2013

David Zucker continues the Scary Movie series, began by the Wayans brothers, with a hilarious third installment. Mainly parodying The Ring and Signs, Cindy, now a newscaster in DC, must uncover the mystery behind a video tape that kills the viewer after seven days, and its connection to alien crop circles. There are also clever spoofs of The Lord of the Rings, 8 Mile, The Others, and The Matrix Reloaded. Featuring performances by Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Pamela Anderson, George Carlin, and Leslie Nielsen, the cast is full of great comedic talent. Additionally, Zucker keeps the comedy PG-13 by focusing more on broad, slapstick humor. But while it's full of laughs and is entertaining, overall Scary Movie 3 is a mediocre parody film.

Dann M Super Reviewer
Dec 02, 2011

Scary Movie 3 is a hilarious film and is a good comedy, but the problem is that it just feels that now they are trying a little TOO hard to be stupid. The storyline is funny, and a great spoof. The cast is ok, the little boy and Charlie Sheen were hilarious, but Anna Farris is getting old. The jokes are great, but when I laughed I felt kind of stupid for laughing, is that wrong? Oh well, if you want a good spoof, watch this, if you actually wanna see a great spoof watch the first one.

Bradley W Super Reviewer
Nov 29, 2011

It was stupid most of the time, but I thought it was funny as hell.

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