Scary Movie (2000)

Scary Movie 

The title is no misnomer, what's so scary about this movie is that with all the easy targets for a zany spoof comedy available and the backing of a major studio this is all they could come up with.

Directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans and written by Wayans among six or so other writers, this outrageous comedy takes aim at the 90's horror movie genre and hits below the belt.... waaaay below the belt. You've probably never seen so many lowbrow sex and genitalia jokes crammed into one movie before. The comedic elements at play here at the over-the-top gags and really cruel black comedy that are so extreme the film often comes off as a pure B-movie. It's a miracle the film avoided the NC-17 rating.

Be that as it may there's still some laughs to be found here, especially if you see it in a crowded movie theater. It's the kind of comedy where the jokes work once and are powered by a big audience (if you catch it on video in the fall you probably won't laugh at all). See it on the weekend for a good time for 90 minutes, but you won't exactly be enlightened or bettered in anyway by doing so.

GRADE: C 

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