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Scary Movie 2
Dimension Films


6.8

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MPAA RATING: R for sexual content, drugs and language

Starring Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Tim Curry, Chris Elliot, Chris Masterson, Tori Spelling, and David Cross

While "Scary Movie" targeted the onslaught of teen horror film flicks, the sequel takes aim at the root of the great classic horror movies. (Dimension Films)

GENRE(S):	Horror
WRITTEN BY:	Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Craig Wayans, Michael Anthony Snowden, Dave Polsky, Greg Grabianski, Alison Fouse
DIRECTED BY:	Keenen Ivory Wayans
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: December 18, 2001 Video: December 18, 2001 Theatrical: July 4, 2001
RUNNING TIME:	95 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

LA Weekly F. X. Feeney

The Wayanses can be crude beyond crude, but they're so clever that their inventiveness takes the place of taste.

New Times (L.A.) M.V. Moorhead

Most of it is incredibly, gleefully crude and tasteless, but it is also good-natured and harmless, and there's a pretty good chance you'll find yourself laughing.

Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan

It's a lot more tightly focused than the first outing, and for fans of the demented comedy of Elliott and Cross, or the thespian chops of Woods (a last-minute replacement for an ailing Marlon Brando), it's worth putting up with humor that's the filmic equivalent of a big, spit-soaked raspberry.

TV Guide Stephen Miller

A satisfying hatchet job on the spooky -- or as the Wayans see it, kooky -- world of supernatural pictures.

Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder

Scary Movie 2 had seven writers. Seven. That's one writer for every big laugh in its stealthy 82 minutes. More frightening: these jokes are worth waiting for.

Miami Herald Charles Savage

It's a formula and hard to describe as good in any artistic sense, but the viewers who pay to see it -- and many, many people are going to -- will get exactly what they want.

Boston Globe Loren King

Just a bunch of spotty sketches slapped together that will satisfy no one except the diehards.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

An act of nose-thumbing that never quite figures out how, or even where, to position its thumb.

San Francisco Chronicle Wesley Morris

A pure Frankenstein flick -- ugly, profane, terror-inducing, clumsy, nasty, desperate, stupid, contemptible, horny and brought to life by schlocky, shoddy science and an electric wish to prove that its makers still matter.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

All-out burlesque rather than spoof from the outset, the film becomes less and less amusing. Wayans has a wild zaniness that can be hilarious, but how many bodily function jokes, ultra-crude sexual innuendoes and quite a lot of men and women simply punching each other out can one movie endure?

Mr. Showbiz Cody Clark

Whenever the movie's not in the midst of a cinematic spoof it loses considerable steam.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

The material has a definite "haven't-we-been over-this-before?" feel.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Scary Movie 2 has something for potheads and the potty-mouthed alike. Anyone looking for a true sequel, however, will be disappointed.

Variety Robert Koehler

Technically and comedically strained by the demands of its special effects-filled haunted house setting. Worse, the need to top the first pic's outlandish stunts is ghoulishly unfulfilled and terribly ironic.

The New York Times A.O. Scott

This crude comedy delivers on the "No Shame, No Mercy" threats from the original. Unfortunately, it all adds up to "No Good."

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

The movie occasionally makes an unexpectereference -- though with more desperation than wit.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Desperately unfunny.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

The Worst Comedy of the Year race heats up today with the release of Keenen Ivory Wayans' Scary Movie 2. This one is so bad, even Adam Sandler will be impressed.

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

Shows about a third less craft than its all-too-lame predecessor, and it's only half as funny. If those are figures you can deal with, enter the theater at your own peril.

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

A pocket of infection on the skin of the American body cultural.

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

The whole thing reeks of sequelitis, with an emphasis on the rude and crude.

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

Stinky, boring, aggressively unfunny picture.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak

There's a vicious, crude nerve that snakes through this sequel and it leaves no group unscarred -- but unfortunately, women and the handicapped take most of the thrusts.

Village Voice Dennis Lim

The Wayans brothers' new bottom-feeder signals its utter exhaustion -- and barely veiled contempt for the audience.

New York Magazine Peter Rainer

Isn't scary, funny-scary, or even just plain funny.

The average user rating for this movie is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 47 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Claudio M. gave it an8:
Not as good as the first one but still made me laugh like never before.

H.P. gave it a 10:
This was an excellent movie and the laughs just never stop. Kathleen Robertson is hot!! which made the movie so great. The story line was not that great but they made the movie based on comedy so it didn't matter.

Ya Ya gave it a 10:
Good movie, but 2many guys let their "googles" (as Stuart's mom would say) hang out.

S. K. gave it a 10:
Stfu and let me sing...hahahah...great movie.

Andrew M. gave it a 4:
I occasionally like a good gross-out movie, and this one sure has it fair share of gross-out moments. However, it's just not that good, nor funny. There are a few droll moments, mostly funny because they're so silly, but really if it wasn't for the effective aforementioned gross-out scenes, it would score less. Only if you can't find anything else to watch.

Slip Streem gave it a 7:
Not as good as the first. Haven't seen the 3rd one. But still some pretty good laughs.

Katie P. gave it a 9:
Good sequel.

Scary Movie 2 Dimension Films

Scary Movie 2
Dimension Films