Scary Movie 3 [Region 2]

I don't know why or how the Wayans brothers aren't involved, but frankly it's for the better. The movie is absolutely hilarious. Oh sure, there are jokes so obvious they are like seeing a jumbo jet landing in your front yard, but there are also enough surprises that catch you off guard to more than make up for that.

The "plot" purees The Ring, Signs and Eight Mile into a mismatch of parody and slap-stick well enough that you wish the Zuckers and Jim Abrahams would get back together and come up with one more. This is mostly for two scenes that sustain laughs so long they actually hurt. Don't get me wrong. This nothing more than stupid, sophomoric humor, but when in the hands of talented comedic film makers, it becomes a film that demands repeated viewings much like Airplane! and Top Secret. In other words, a laugh riot.


No Waynes, no winner!   October 27, 2003
Chris (Florida)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

Trying as hard as possible to humor myself, just to make it worth the money to get in, I realized it is pointless to fight the lameness that accompanied this film. This movie lacked the extremities that pushed scary movie and it's sequel over the edge into new territoy. Haunted by the usual clichés of any comedy sequel, the cast in SM3 did not seem choice for delivering the one punch lines as well as the previous. Scenes streched and tired easily. Mazin and Profit, although trying to follow the Wayne's examples set in the first to films of the franchise, seem to lack the grotesque and random nature of the original writers that made scary movie unique from other comedy spoofs. In my opinion, Scary Movie 3 was a horrible end to what could have been a great trilogy.


Only good as a rental   May 4, 2004
Rodrigo Llamozas (the last cubicle at the end of the hall...)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I'm a huge fan of parody films like Airplane!, Top Secret! and the Naked Gun series. I love those films. Having said that, and in spite of boasting David Zucker as its director, I hated Scary movie 3.

I never liked the first two films that much, but I never expected to like the third one the least, especially since Zucker, the co-director of the "classics" that I mentioned at the beginning would be behind the lens on this one.

Only two characters from the first two movies remain, Anna Faris as Cindy Campbell and Regina Hall as Brenda. The rest of the cast is made of Charlie Sheen, Leslie Nielsen (who seemingly can't find work in any other kind of movies these days), Simon Rex and Anthony Anderson, accompanied by a few wasted cameos by the likes of Queen Latifah, Eddie Griffin, Jeremy Piven, George Carlin, Jenny McCarthy, Pamela Anderson, Leslie Nielsen and Camryn Manheim.

The film tries to make fun of The Matrix, The Ring, Signs and a few others, but it doesn't really suceed, as it only manages to include very few scenes that deserve laughing, most of them shown in the trailer.

Only good as a rental.


Non stop comedy action from start to finish!   February 10, 2004
Kieran Mulcahy (South Wales,United Kingdon)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

The third and final chapter of the hilariously entertaining scary movie trilogy. It all starts when Cindy Campbell is sent to investigate some strange happenings on a crop circle in the country. Then she winds up watching a mysterious video tape that tells you that in a weeks time you will die. Cindy must find a way to stop the tape from killing again as well as helpig ensure the safety of her friends and colleagues from any further miraculous deaths. Charlie Sheen and comic legend Leslie Nielson are just some of the names cast in this blockbuster comedy.


"Sharpton for President y'all. I'm outie!"   February 18, 2006
S. Sarhan (Dearborn, Michigan United States)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

Here's another Scary Movie sequel, but this time neither Wayans brother returns.

Scary Movie 3 is a hilarious movie starring returning castmembers Anna Faris (Lost In Translation) and Regina Hall, along with an incredible supporting cast including Charlie Sheen (Hot Shots), Leslie Neilsen (Airplane!), Anthony Anderson (Me Myself And Irene), and many others.

The film spoofs many recently popular horror films like The Ring, The Others, and Signs, while at the same time taking on other films like 8 Mile and The Truman Show.

Watch out for cameo appearances by Macy Gray, Ja Rule, American Idol's Simon Cowell, Queen Latifah, Eddie Griffin, Jeremy Piven as the whacky news broadcaster Ross Giggins, and a Michael Jackson look-alike.

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