Scary Movie Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Based upon 11 Critic Reviews
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Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

While undeniably silly and violent in a cartoon-like manner, is by and large a hilarious skewering of the clichés of teen pix.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Bob GrahamAdd Critic to Favorites

The scary thing about this spoof of '90s teen horror movies is how funny it is.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

Is it funny? Yes, it is.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

Variety | Joe LeydonAdd Critic to Favorites

Manages an impressively huge score in the hit-or-miss gag ratio.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

The New York Times | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

If you're amused by jokes involving male genitals, female pubic hair, flatulence and dismemberment, it should be a big hit.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Would it be asking too much if the hit-and-miss jokes could maybe nudge an inch beyond the obvious?Read the full review

Washington Post | Rita KempleyAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

Washington Post | Michael O'SullivanAdd Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

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