The air of desperation is emphasised by the insistence on padding out horror-movie gags with crude Farrelly-style humour.
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12/02/02
Scary Movie (2000)
53 %
Reviews Counted: 106 Fresh: 56 Rotten:50 Average Rating: 5.5/10
Consensus:
Critics say Scary Movie overloads on crudity and grossness to get its laughs.
Runtime: 88 mins
Synopsis: In the tradition of such genre parodies as AIRPLANE!, THE NAKED GUN, and SPACEBALLS, Keenen Ivory Wayans takes on the teen horror flick with SCARY MOVIE, a campy, riotous send-up of everything from the SCREAM and HALLOWEEN franchises to I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, CARRIE, and THE BLAIR... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Anna Faris, Shannon Elizabeth, Regina Hall
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Screenwriter: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Producer: Eric L. Gold, Lee R. Mayes
Screenwriter: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Producer: Eric L. Gold, Lee R. Mayes
Reviews
This is Dumb American Comedy at its best and well worth 90 minutes of your time.
10/30/02
The film just uses the scattershot approach to parody: Throw constant jokes at the screen and some of them will stick.
12/10/01
This is not a film for the faint-hearted, it is an exercise in ribald humour, both scripted and visual, which will keep you laughing from start to finish.
01/01/00
Top Critic
You should know not to see a comedy when its premise reveals that the filmmakers can't identify humour.
01/01/00
Top Critic
The appeal seems to lie less in laughter than in respect for the filmmakers' irreverence as viewers sit back and think, "I can't believe they showed that!"
07/04/08
If you're hoping to forget your troubles for 90 minutes, Scary Movie certainly does the job.
05/26/06
Does its spoofing with a blunt instrument instead of a scalpel, and it's engineered to appeal to the lowest instincts of its targeted adolescent audiences.
12/06/05
The humor in this movie is based on the concept that if enough jokes are fired off in a row, some of them will make you laugh. The concept works.
09/30/05
The kind of thing that leads to sleepless nights -- from severely bruised rib cages.
10/10/03
Scary Movie is a sporadically hilarious parody of teen horror movies that too frequently seems half-baked.
05/22/03
[The Wayans'] approach, incorporating the crude humor that has become so popular of late, generates an unfortunate digression from the point.
02/08/03
Utimately, there are some laughs, enough to justify a video rental at least.
12/08/02
I couldn’t help wishing I were watching that obscure little children’s fantasy instead. As I recall, it’s a lot funnier and more frightening than Scary Movie.
08/02/02
By far director/actor Keenen Ivory Wayans' best parody effort to date, primarily because he here taps into a rejuvenated genre and is given access to broader subject matter with universal appeal.
06/05/02
There's energy and glee in the movie, as if the Wayans brothers were still little boys, desperately working to out-gross each other. Naughty little boys and girls everywhere, even those who have officially grown up, will appreciate their commitment.
03/22/02
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