Directed by:
David ZuckerCinematography:
Mark IrwinComposer:
James L. VenableCast:
Charlie Sheen, Anna Faris, Simon Rex, Regina Hall, Anthony Anderson, Eddie Griffin, Leslie Nielsen, Queen Latifah, Kevin Hart, Denise Richards (more)VOD (2)
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It all begins when roving reporter Cindy Campbell sets out to find a hard news story in the middle of television sweeps. She soon uncovers an outrageous onslaught of globe-threatening developments including alien invaders, killer videotapes, freaky crop circles, prophecies of The One, eerie-eyed children, ambitious white rappers and even a run-in with Michael Jackson. Faced with conspiracies of massive proportions, and a crew of very strange people following her around, Cindy must fight to stop evil from taking over the world yet again. (official distributor synopsis)
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It is the third installment that is the brightest spot in the entire Scary Movie franchise, as it takes aim at perfect horror films like The Ring, Signs, and The Others. The opening scene with the dumb blondes, the verbal shoot-outs about rats, mice and zombies or the wacky president and the truly hilarious Samara, and I could still find more great scenes and characters. In all the parodies of recent years, this is one of the best of its genre. In short, (so far) all the odd episodes have been perfect, so one can only hope that if there is an SM5, it will turn out just as well.
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Though it’s not disgusting, Scary Movie 3 is still overly stupid and only intermittently entertaining.
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David Zucker is no longer as great of an author as he was when he worked with his brother and Jim Abrahams as a part of the ZAZ trio, but he still shows that he occasionally has a sense of a good joke and its execution. For me, this part is the best so far in the whole series, but that doesn't change the fact that cinematically it is still at most an average parody. Where are those times of "Please buckle up!" or Mel Brooks' movies?
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David Zucker took the reins, brought in Charlie Sheen, and managed at least partially to return the series to where it originally belonged. Into the waters of bearable parody, where I can genuinely laugh. However, the original direction of Keenen Ivory, Shawn, and Marlon Wayans is probably too deeply rooted, because occasionally the same kind of fecal matter resurfaces as it did in the second one, and even the beautiful Anna Faris cannot save it anymore.
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If you want to explore how close you are to a particular film fan in terms of taste and vision, do not compare tragedies or thrillers, because people all over the world are moved by pitiful orphans and dying old men in essentially the same way. Compare comedies instead, because nations, cultures, and even individuals laugh at completely different things, and while tears of laughter may stream down one person's face, another may be indignant at the sacrilegious mockery of sacred ideals. Even David Zucker's early films, which managed to bring many film viewers to ecstasy, seemed quite sober to me and I gave them a neutral rating of 3 stars. With his latest creations, I openly suffer and with each passing minute, a feeling of despair grows in me over the lack of taste, awkwardness, and missed opportunities for great jokes. It could actually work if it weren't so cheap, dismissive, or exaggerated. But the way it is, I give it a very unconvincing 1 star and a 15% overall impression. I will avoid any further attempts by Zucker.
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