“Scary Movie 3” is funny but flawed
In “Scary Movie 3,” a few of the original cast members return,
popular Hollywood films still get spoofed and the humor is about as
brainless as you can get, yet some major changes were made in the
franchise for its latest offering. Director David Zucker (“The
Naked Gun” and “Airplane”) replaces previous director Keenen Ivory
Wayans and while the two previous films were some of the raunchiest
comedies in years, the vulgarity has been toned down to a PG-13
level here.
The final product is a major mixed bag. While “Scary Movie 3”
contains several laugh-out-loud moments, those scenes are
unfortunately overshadowed by an endless amount of failed attempts
at hilarity. Even though this third entry is far superior to the
second installment, the movie should have been and could have been
much funnier.
While the two previous “Scary Movies” spoofed many films, the
makers of “3” evidently decided to work with just a few. Most of
the jokes in the movie succeed or fail depending on whether or not
the audience has seen the films “The Matrix Reloaded,” “The
Others,” “8 Mile” and most of all, “Signs” and “The Ring.”
One of the best things about “Scary Movie 3” is that even when
the film is failing at making you die laughing, it is consistently
creative and entertaining. I am a fan of all of the spoofed films
and that helped to make this movie fun for me. Notably clever were
the film’s various gags, which parody the deadly videotape from
“The Ring.”
Seeing as a lot of comedies fail to ever really make you laugh
in the first place, “Scary Movie 3” is commendable for at least
supplying a few big laughs. If only the ratio of the amount of
times the film really makes you laugh to the amount of times it
fails were a little better.
2.5 out of 4 rams
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