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After newspaper reporter Cindy (Anna Faris) accidentally watches a strange videotape that causes the viewer to die within a week, she discovers the tape is only one of many weird happenings. Local farmers Tom (Charlie Sheen) and George (Simon Rex) have reported massive crop circles appearing overnight in their fields. Cindy finds a link between the tape and the crop circles with help from the U.S. president (Leslie Nielsen) and a kindly aunt (Queen Latifah). Read More Read Less

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Though an improvement over the second Scary Movie, the laughs are still inconsistent.

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Scary Movie 3 | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Sheila Norman-Culp Associated Press The first one was original, the second was still funny, but the third installment is on autopilot. Nov 12, 2018 Full Review Scary Movie 3 | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Nell Minow Common Sense Media This PG-13 has R-rated stuff. Rated: 2/5 Dec 28, 2010 Full Review Scary Movie 3 | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Dennis Harvey Variety Just middling funny, with no truly memorable high points and a sum impact that goes poof! before you've left the parking garage. Jun 23, 2008 Full Review Scary Movie 3 | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Not everything hits the target and the pop-culture spoofing is over a decade out of date... but he tosses so many of them off with a wink and a grin that they catch you by surprise. Apr 14, 2023 Full Review Scary Movie 3 | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Joel Siegel Good Morning America Scary Movie 3 is even funnier than the first two. Rated: B+ Jan 5, 2018 Full Review Scary Movie 3 | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed It's better than the second film... Apr 29, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Not the worst out of the series, but comes in 2nd place. Terrible taste, not even a 9 year old would enjoy the humour. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/09/24 Full Review John T. H it's dumb and I mean really dumb. but it's the best one out of the series. and I have a soft spot for it Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/12/24 Full Review Audience Member Bom filme! Recomendo assistir.Da pra se divertir e rir bastante, pois entrega bastante humor. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/02/24 Full Review Yash B "Scary Movie 3" is not a groundbreaking comedy, but it is a decent spoof movie. I do feel this is an improvement over the second movie. I do feel like the movie works for me because I saw "The Ring" somewhat recently and it parodies that film the most. I also am a big fan of "Signs" and "8 Mile" and I really enjoyed the way this movie parodies those as well. I do think some of the jokes are a miss, but enough of them made me laugh to where I think the movie is okay. Overall, it is not a movie that is going to win anyone over who didn't already like the humor this franchise has to offer, but I think it is a decent fun time with plenty of silliness to go around. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/24 Full Review Pedro G Decente película, una cinta que en mi opinión supera a la primera. Esta es una película en la que hubo un rotundo cambio en la saga ya que hubo un cambio de director y se saco por completo a los hermanos Wayans. En su reemplazo pusieron a David Zucker, quien ya es muy conocido por hacer cine parodia, y creo que en esta película no lo hace nada mal. Se nota una diferencia con las anteriores dos, principalmente en los chistes, se hizo de lado a los chistes sexuales (los cuales en mi opinión eran demasiados y saturaban) para convertirla en una película para adolescentes y sacar la clasificación R para ganar mas publico. Además, algo que le suma mucho a esta cinta en mi opinión, es que se sigue una historia dentro de todo lo absurdo, y ya no es como las anteriores dos que no había trama directamente y eran un conjunto de chistes. Las diversas parodias realizadas me gustaron, aunque hay cosas muy random como la aparición de Michael Jackson, que siento que era algo mas de la época y llega a funcionar sin que me parezca innecesario. El humor en general me gusto, tiene chistes muy buenos y se nota el trabajo de Zucker, aunque creo que hay algunos mas icónicos en la primera entrega. Por otro lado, el elenco de personajes me gusta, por un lado están los originales interpretados por Anna Faris y Regina Hall, y por otro lado cambia un poco, ya que se dejo de lado a los personajes de los hermanos Wayans y en su "reemplazo" están Anthony Anderson y Kevin Hart, ambos me parecieron personajes graciosos y que hacen que no se sienta tanto la ausencia de los Wayans. Además, también se suman actores de renombre como Charlie Sheen y Leslie Nielsen que suman mucho a esta entrega. En conclusión, una tercera entrega en mi opinión al nivel de la primera, que hasta incluso es un poco mejor, una cinta con un cambio de tono en cuanto a que se deja de lado todo lo sexual y que se empieza a tomar un poco mas en serio en cuanto a la trama, cosa que me gusto mucho. La recomiendo. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/24 Full Review Eric S A great comedy movie that parodies 00's scary movies, a huge improvement from scary movie 2. good jokes, good actors. not everyone's cup of tea but for those who like this style of movies will love it. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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David Zucker Director Anna Faris Cindy Campbell Anthony Anderson Mahalik Leslie Nielsen The President of the United States Camryn Manheim Trooper Champlin Simon Rex George
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Synopsis After newspaper reporter Cindy (Anna Faris) accidentally watches a strange videotape that causes the viewer to die within a week, she discovers the tape is only one of many weird happenings. Local farmers Tom (Charlie Sheen) and George (Simon Rex) have reported massive crop circles appearing overnight in their fields. Cindy finds a link between the tape and the crop circles with help from the U.S. president (Leslie Nielsen) and a kindly aunt (Queen Latifah).

Director
David Zucker

Producer
Robert K. Weiss

Screenwriter
Craig Mazin, Pat Proft

Distributor
Miramax Films

Production Co
Dimension Films, Miramax, Brad Grey Productions

Rating
PG-13 (Drug References|Comic Violence|Language|Pervasive Crude Humor|Sexual Humor)

Genre
Comedy

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 24, 2003, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 8, 2016

Box Office (Gross USA)
$110.0M

Runtime
1h 24m

Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, DTS

Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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