Overall Rating
  Awesome: 25%
Worth A Look: 36.9%
Just Average: 9.52%
Pretty Crappy: 16.67%
Sucks: 11.9%
2 reviews, 72 user ratings
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Scary Movie 3 |
by Greg Muskewitz
"Disenfranchised."

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The baton is removed from the hands of the Wayanses to David Zucker, though the results score much lower than the previous two parodies, a far cry from the hilarity of the first.Reductions and cuts are abound throughout, foregoing some of the typical raunch to see a PG-13 rating, the end credits hitting the screen before the minutes click over to 75, and with only Anna Faris and Regina Hall returning to the ensemble cast, the latter of whom qualifies as little more than a glorified cameo. The host movies that get taken to with pot shots are namely The Ring, Signs, 8 Mile, and the collective Matrix trilogy (already parodied the first go-round, already a parody of itself by that franchise’s close) with other minor gags from The Others, Bruce Almighty, and similar pop culture tidbits (Simon Cowell being mowed down by bullets after a negative review). And considering the time in which the filmmakers had to prepare for this sequel, there is no rhythm or composure to the comedy itself; yes, it contains a handful of stray laughs and the rare bit of cleverness, but Scary Movie 3 is a huge disappointment in its inability of and inconsistency towards any type of humor, especially compared to its predecessors. (As big of a disappointment as Scary Movie 2 was in being so rushed and slapped together, it still reflected a formula that made the first work so well.) The progression of any linear story being told through satire is never a consideration of the filmmakers, amounting to little more than the connection of dislocated skits developed out of a sitcom mentality — in the end, hardly worth the joke. With Zucker attached, he appears to have attracted a large gathering of stunt casting (Charlie Sheen, Simon Rex, Leslie Nielsen, Queen Latifah, Eddie Griffin, Jeremy Piven, Camryn Manheim, Darrell Hammond, Anthony Anderson, George Carlin, D.L. Hughley, Ja Rule, Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, Denise Richards, and on and on and on), but it’s rendered worthless when their appearances meaning nothing.[See it if you must.]
link directly to this review at https://www.hollywoodbitchslap.com/review.php?movie=8275&reviewer=172 originally posted: 05/12/04 17:52:05
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USA 24-Oct-2003 (PG-13) DVD: 20-Sep-2005
UK N/A
Australia 11-Dec-2003
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