Scary Movie

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Scary Movie

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2000

1h 28m

Comedy

Horror

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Defying the very notion of good taste, Scary Movie out-parodies the pop culture parodies with a no-holds barred assault on the most popular images and talked-about moments from recent films, television and commercials. The film boldly fires barbs at the classic scenes from Scream, The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Blair Witch Project, then goes on to mock a whole myriad of teen movie clichés, no matter the genre.

Critics Consensus

Scary Movie overloads on crudity and grossness to get its laughs.

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Paul Tatara

CNN.com

10/19/2018

These gags are hardly the height of inspiration, but it could be that people laugh at them because they're not as pathetic as a character having a penis jabbed through his head like an ice pick.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

10/19/2018

The Wayans brothers just want to make us laugh... And for the first 20 minutes, they do. After that the gag-rate plummets, and it's a long haul to the credits.

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Glenn Lovell

San Jose Mercury News

10/10/2003

2.5/4

The kind of thing that leads to sleepless nights -- from severely bruised rib cages.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

48m

1/4

...a pervasively (and perpetually) lackluster comedy...

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Sharai Bohannon

Horror Movie Blog

7h

While Scary Movie doesn’t work as a film (for me), it does a couple of cool things that make me get why people keep returning to it.

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Brian Bisesi

Horror Movie Club Podcast

Apr 8

3.5/5

Scary Movie’s jokes can be hit, miss, or downright offensive; but enough of them land to make for an enjoyable watch. The movie shines brightest with the jokes that most resemble the absurdism of spoofs like Airplane and The Naked Gun.

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Lamar M

@RT23076073 1h

Grate movie people are so licked on it being a 10 of 10 when its the braking the ice to seeing our orignal cast i feel it shouldnt be slept on and we need a new one and another A haunted house because they know comedy.

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Trevor S.

@RT62938485 7h

The OG, the one that started all the spoof films, this cast was amazing, and so funny, at this point i lost count how many times ive watched it lol

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Cristian B

@RT49606083 11h

This was totally incredible

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Julian C

@juliancooper_12 19h

The comedy is very lazy and uncreative. I barely broke a smile

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Chirag P.

@trini 1d

I loved the original 2 as a kid. Wayans Bros do a great job of spoofing Scream & I Know What You Did Last Summer in this one, some more of my favorite films growing up.

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Mr. Vice P

@RT11148114 1d

Anyone who doesnt like this is a woke clown and not someone I'd want to hang out with anyways. This is a comedy classic.

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Synopsis

Defying the very notion of good taste, Scary Movie out-parodies the pop culture parodies with a no-holds barred assault on the most popular images and talked-about moments from recent films, television and commercials. The film boldly fires barbs at the classic scenes from Scream, The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Blair Witch Project, then goes on to mock a whole myriad of teen movie clichés, no matter the genre.

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Producer: Eric L. Gold, Lee R. Mayes, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans
Screenwriter: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Production Co: Wayan Bros. Entertainment, Miramax, Gold/Miller Productions, Dimension Films, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
Rating: R (Drug Use|Crude Sexual Material|Language|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 7, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 20, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $157.0M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)