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Generally favorable reviews- based on 113 Ratings

  • Starring: Anna Faris, Carmen Electra, Jon Abrahams, Marlon Wayans
  • Summary: A comic spoof in the tradition of "Airplane," which pokes fun at teen slasher films such as the "Scream" series, "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and "The Blair Witch Project."
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 32
  2. Negative: 8 out of 32
  1. Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    80
    It's very funny and - at times - even witty in a crude, drunken frat-boy-with-an-epiphany kind of way.
  2. While undeniably silly and violent in a cartoon-like manner, is by and large a hilarious skewering of the clichés of teen pix.
  3. If you're amused by jokes involving male genitals, female pubic hair, flatulence and dismemberment, it should be a big hit.
  4. Reviewed by: Marc Caro
    38
    Usually what you're laughing at is ugliness, and that leaves a foul taste long before the 85 minutes have expired.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 46
  2. Negative: 11 out of 46
  1. 9
    As far as parodies go, this is among the best. Insanely funny. You are just a wicked old cruel ass if you think this movie is bad. Short and silly. One of the best of the series Expand
  2. 8
    Scary Movie is a very funny parady of the scary films. Stupid yes but one of the funniest films of the year. Couldn't stop laughing throughout the film. Very crude film and thats good. Expand
  3. I admit that the gross out fusion comedy "Scary Movie" is terrible. However, giving its worst as its best was a bold, appropriate choice for the movie to present itself and earn credit. Expand
  4. Funnier than getting sick through your eye sockets, but only slightly.

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