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
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
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Reviews Counted:121
Fresh:45
Rotten:76
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: Though an improvement over the second Scary Movie, the laughs are still inconsistent.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
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... [More]
Starring: Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Anthony Anderson, Pamela Anderson
Director: David Zucker
Reviews for Scary Movie 3
Top CriticYes, it's very, very stupid. But it's also full of hilariously inspired comedy.
11/02/03
This is not one of those occasions when you feel like giving Zucker an even break.
04/09/04
Top CriticDelivers plenty of decent laughs in its short running time.
11/26/03
If you’re looking for anything other than a parody clipshow, you won’t find it.
07/20/04
The only thing more worn than the humour is a tired-looking Nielsen.
01/27/04
Top CriticBasically, any movie that suffers from a lack of Charlie Sheen has got problems.
04/01/06
Top CriticBe afraid, be very afraid.
06/23/08
Top CriticAs 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.
09/23/05
Where the Wayanses flogged every last chuckle from their belabored ideas, Zucker spring-loads his gags and lets them fly in rapid-fire succession.
10/24/03
At barely 80 minutes, it's just as long as it needs to be, and almost as funny.
10/27/03
The Naked Gun 33 1/3 wasn't the final insult from a founding ZAZ (Zucker/Abrams/Zucker) member; this is.
10/24/03
Leave your brain in the foyer, and your taste in the toilets.
01/16/04
The Scary Movie horror spoofs must be some kind of mutant, alien movie franchise. There's just no other explanation for the fact that the sequels actually keep getting better.
10/22/03
Scary Movie 3 starts out so funny you'll be wishing you'd brought a respitory assistance apparatus… but then it continues.
10/25/03
[David] Zucker's film ultimately comes up short because he doesn't seem to want to slow down as he gets older.
10/24/03
If you don't think Mother Teresa commemorative bobbleheads are funny, this movie is definitely not for you.
10/24/03
Pamela Anderson, Simon Cowell and a Michael Jackson clone - certainly some folks' idea of a good time but little more than an act of sheer desperation as far as I'm concerned.
11/04/03
The scariest thing about Scary Movie 3 is that it's actually pretty funny.
11/04/03
Leslie Neilsen reteams with Zucker as President Harris, and it's refreshing to see him in a wacky comedy spoof that is actually funny.
10/28/03
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