Genre: Horror, Comedy, Spoof, Satire, Aliens, Ghosts, Psychic, Slapstick, Racy
Tagline: You'll die to see these rings.
Plot: The comedy spoof series that knows no fear is at it again with its funniest installment yet: SCARY MOVIE 3. Taking shots at the latest crop of block-busters, SCARY MOVIE 3 irreverently roasts "The Ring," "Signs," "Matrix Reloaded," "Eight Mile," "The Others" and more, as well as pop culture trends such as "American Idol." The film brings director David Zucker back to the genre he helped create with the classics "Airplane!," "Naked Gun," "Naked Gun 2 1/2" and "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult." The cast of SCARY MOVIE 3 includes Anna Faris as eager anchorwoman Cindy Campbell; Charlie Sheen as the aliens-attracting farmer Tom and Denise Richards as his hapless wife Annie; Eddie Griffin as Orpheus and Queen Latifah as The Oracle, Aunt Shaneequa; Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy as Catholic School Girls; Leslie Nielsen as the President of The United States; Simon Rex as rap-star wannabe George; Jeremy Piven as reporter Ross Giggins; Camryn Manheim as the formidable Trooper Champlin; Regina Hall as eerie school teacher Brenda Meeks; Anthony Anderson as rap promoter Mahalik; as well as George Carlin. Fat Joe, Simon Cowell, Method Man, Redman, Macy Gray, Master P., Ja Rule, D.L. Hughley, Wu Tang Clan and The Coors Twins. The producer is Robert K. Weiss. -- © Dimension
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 Not to say that the film is not funny, it is a large improvement from the last Scary Movie feature, but there has to be a better way to get laughs then relentless slap-stick that gets more annoying then some of the films it tries to spoof. 5/10--Joseph Kastner (Movie-Vault.com)
A whiz-bang compendium of pop-cult minutiae, from the Coors Twins to American Idol's Simon Cowell to Master P's cinematic oeuvre, Scary Movie 3 is a veritable time capsule of of-this-moment kitsch, schlock and bad taste.  --Steven Rea (Philadelphia Inquirer)
There are a few laughs in "Scary Movie 3," but most of the content is hopelessly dated. And that's the kind of problem that all the Toilet Guys in the world can't fix.--Peter Hartlaub (San Francisco Chronicle)
Even if Scary Movie 3 does not entirely look like a David Zucker production in terms of directing, in the writing he and his clan have their signature all over the place. In terms of production values and transitions, this movie falls pretty flat, but when it comes to creating laughs, this might just do the job. B---Lee Tistaert (Lee's Movie Info)
The formula hasn't changed much. "Scary Movie 3" lifts themes and characters from a spate of recent hits, turns them into comic foils and cobbles them together in a mad scramble of outrageous quips, sight gags and puns. --Jack Mathews (New York Daily News)
It’s like beating a dead horse with a road-grader, and then running over it with a steamroller, and then building Levittown on top of it – too many jokes, and not enough funny ones by half.  --Marc Savlov (Austin Chronicle)
Leave your brain in the foyer, and your taste in the toilets. 'Scary Movie 3' is comedy at its least sophisticated, with zero subtlety and no critical insights into the horror it parodies. 2/10--Anton Bitel (Movie Gazette)
Ridiculous, extremely hit-and-miss and very, very stupid…and yet you’re almost guaranteed a decent laugh every couple of minutes. Catch it now while its targets are still relatively topical…  --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
Good for a few chuckles, but the absence of the Wayan's brothers is sorely felt. A watered-down, passive spoof from parody veterans who should probably retire.  --Derek May (MovieWeb)
The long gaps between the handful of genuine laugh-out-loud moments ensure that most people will find the thought of Scary Movie 4 a very frightening prospect indeed. -- (BBC Films)
Some jokes soar while others crash and burn. C+--Gareth Von Kallenbach (Lee's Movie Info)
...a perfectly average movie, with fresh moments, lame retreads, and more opportunity for big box office. --Norm Schrager (FilmCritic.com)
Less crude than its predecessors, this is a modestly successful spoof with just enough laughs to have you walking out with a smile on your face. 71/100--Brian Webster (Apollo Guide)
This junk food orgy makes about as much sense as a tossed salad of lettuce, tomato and mustard vinaigrette drenched in a thick chocolate sauce. But that's the world, isn't it?--Stephen Holden (The New York Times)
Yet Zucker can't tweak the tedium in the movies he's roughing up without his own movie growing tedious. The last 15 minutes of this movie feel as sleepy and uninspired as the last 30 of any recent episode of ''Saturday Night Live.'' But the movie has given up long before that.  --Wesley Morris (Boston Globe)
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David Zucker
Airplane!, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear |
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| Cast |
Pamela Anderson
Barb Wire, Playboy: The Best of Pamela Anderson, Pauly Shore Is Dead |
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 | Charlie Sheen
Being John Malkovich, Platoon, Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
 | Simon Rex
Scary Movie 4, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth, The Forsaken |
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 | Anna Faris
Scary Movie, Scary Movie 2, Scary Movie 4 |
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| Saying that Scary Movie 3 is better than its predecessors isn't exactly high praise, but at least it doesn't leave me dreading the inevitable Scary Movie 4. --David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)
Scary Movie 3 is hopelessly incoherent and, at times, looks like it had the budget of a Troma film, though the actual budget was somewhere over $50 million by the end of the day. 2.5/10-- (CHUD.com)
"Scary Movie 3" is too uneven to match those comedy classics, but Zucker and screenwriters Craig Mazin and Pat Proft throw a ton of gags at the joke wall and enough of it sticks to get you through the material that falls flat.--Ron Weiskind (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
“Scary Movie 3” is idiotic, juvenile and often in spectacular bad taste, but like its predecessors it made me laugh hard and often.  --Kevin N. Laforest (Montreal Film Journal)
Director David Zucker has a sure if heavy comic hand, and his sequel to the Wayans brothers' horror movie spoofs is more coherent, if less inspired, than its predecessors. --Jonathan Foreman (New York Post)
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