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Scary Movie 3 (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 120 Fresh: 45  Rotten:75 Average Rating: 4.8/10
 
Consensus: Though an improvement over the second Scary Movie, the laughs are still inconsistent.
 

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Runtime: 90 mins

Synopsis: The comedy spoof series that knows no fear is at it again with its funniest installment yet: SCARY MOVIE 3. Taking shots at the latest crop of block-busters, SCARY MOVIE 3 irreverently roasts "The Ring," "Signs," "Matrix Reloaded," "Eight Mile," "The Others" and more, as well as pop culture... The comedy spoof series that knows no fear is at it again with its funniest installment yet: SCARY MOVIE 3. Taking shots at the latest crop of block-busters, SCARY MOVIE 3 irreverently roasts "The Ring," "Signs," "Matrix Reloaded," "Eight Mile," "The Others" and more, as well as pop culture trends such as "American Idol." The film brings director David Zucker back to the genre he helped create with the classics "Airplane!," "Naked Gun," "Naked Gun 2 1/2" and "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult." The cast of SCARY MOVIE 3 includes Anna Faris as eager anchorwoman Cindy Campbell; Charlie Sheen as the aliens-attracting farmer Tom and Denise Richards as his hapless wife Annie; Eddie Griffin as Orpheus and Queen Latifah as The Oracle, Aunt Shaneequa; Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy as Catholic School Girls; Leslie Nielsen as the President of The United States; Simon Rex as rap-star wannabe George; Jeremy Piven as reporter Ross Giggins; Camryn Manheim as the formidable Trooper Champlin; Regina Hall as eerie school teacher Brenda Meeks; Anthony Anderson as rap promoter Mahalik; as well as George Carlin. Fat Joe, Simon Cowell, Method Man, Redman, Macy Gray, Master P., Ja Rule, D.L. Hughley, Wu Tang Clan and The Coors Twins. The producer is Robert K. Weiss. -- © Dimension Films [More]

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Starring: Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Anthony Anderson, Pamela Anderson, Peter Boyle

Director: David Zucker
Screenwriter: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer, Brian Lynch, Craig Mazin, Pat Proft, Hayden Schlossberg, Phil Beauman, Jonathan Hurwitz, Alison Fouse
Producer: David Zucker, Robert K. Weiss
Composer: James Venable

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 9, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

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Be afraid, be very afraid.

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06/23/08
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2/5

Basically, any movie that suffers from a lack of Charlie Sheen has got problems.

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04/01/06
Empire Magazine
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Zucker's slapstick may have the satiric delicacy of a chainsaw lobotomy, but it hasn't harmed the franchise.

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Time Out
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25/100

If you’re looking for anything other than a parody clipshow, you won’t find it.

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07/20/04
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus
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This is not one of those occasions when you feel like giving Zucker an even break.

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04/09/04
Philip French
Guardian [UK]
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2/5

The only thing more worn than the humour is a tired-looking Nielsen.

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01/27/04
BBC
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3/5

Delivers plenty of decent laughs in its short running time.

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11/26/03
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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3/5

Yes, it's very, very stupid. But it's also full of hilariously inspired comedy.

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11/02/03
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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Just middling funny, with no truly memorable high points and a sum impact that goes poof! before you've left the parking garage.

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06/23/08
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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3/4

As with Scary Movie parts one and two, you pays your money, you gets your laughs, and you won't remember a thing in a few months.

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09/23/05
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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3/5

Fun, stupid stuff with no sense of a narrative arc or plot structure ... but hey, it made me laugh anyway.

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09/17/05
Scott Weinberg
DVDTalk.com
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This is just a stab in the dark, the wildest of guesses on my part, but I don’t think Michael Jackson would recommend “Scary Movie 3.”

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09/11/05
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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5/10

Scary Movie 3 turns out to be an odd combination of the old-fashioned and the hip. I found it too awkward a combination to be entirely successful.

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05/02/04
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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2/10

Leave your brain in the foyer, and your taste in the toilets.

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01/16/04
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette
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2/5

Algumas gags funcionam, mas numa razão de cerca de 30%, eu diria. Portanto, talvez esta produção valha o preço do ingresso – isto é, caso você consiga 70% de desconto.

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01/08/04
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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12/08/03
Sunday Times (Australia)
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2.5/4

Often in spectacular bad taste, but like its predecessors it made me laugh hard and often.

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12/08/03
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
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The latest in this popular spoof franchise is funnier than Scary Movie 2 (which means I came close to laughing at least once.)

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11/22/03
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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It's time to stop, I'm afraid.

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11/17/03
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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0.5/4

... the only people who’ll remember it will be the ones cashing their checks afterward (or who’ll campaign a studio later to do another one of these turkeys).

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11/15/03
Kevin A. Ranson
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