While undeniably silly and violent in a cartoon-like manner, is by and large a hilarious skewering of the clichés of teen pix.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
The whole thing wobbles, like the garish, trashy, sexy shoes the young folks are wearing this summer on their way (in droves) to movie theaters, intent on abandoning themselves to pleasurable mindlessness.Read Full Review »
Its grossness knows no bounds, and you'd have to be dead not to laugh.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
The question facing the target audience for Scary Movie is whether the funny bits will be enough of a payoff for sitting through the tedious stuff between them.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
If you're amused by jokes involving male genitals, female pubic hair, flatulence and dismemberment, it should be a big hit.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Would it be asking too much if the hit-and-miss jokes could maybe nudge an inch beyond the obvious?Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Michael Atkinson
A big, stupid bull with bodacious tits, but that's not to say it doesn't dish out some lite hardy-hars.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
The only thing that's truly scary about the movie is the escalating vulgarity of the latest in a string of skanky comedies by filmmakers determined to out-gross the other.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Michael O'Sullivan
Did I laugh? Yeah, I did, half a dozen times. Not a great percentage for a film with something close to 300 quote-unquote jokes.Read Full Review »