To say 'Scary Movie' isn’t hilarious in parts would be a lie, although I do suspect the film is funnier in YouTube clips than as a whole.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 12, 2022

Scary Movie is terrible. Not just terrible, but horrible.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 14, 2021

These gags are hardly the height of inspiration, but it could be that people laugh at them because they're not as pathetic as a character having a penis jabbed through his head like an ice pick.

| Oct 19, 2018

Scary Movie might not be a classic, but it's a solid satire of contemporary slasher films that I had a good time with.

| Oct 19, 2018

The Wayans brothers just want to make us laugh... And for the first 20 minutes, they do. After that the gag-rate plummets, and it's a long haul to the credits.

| Oct 19, 2018

I laughed some at Scary Movie, but I came away from it feeling dirty.

| Jul 13, 2015

mindless fun

| Original Score: C+ | May 5, 2013

| Original Score: B | Sep 7, 2011

This movie will only frighten you with its crudeness.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 1, 2011

| Original Score: B | Feb 4, 2010

Ends up being less funny than its primary target, the already-self-satirizing Scream series.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 7, 2010

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

The appeal seems to lie less in laughter than in respect for the filmmakers' irreverence as viewers sit back and think, "I can't believe they showed that!"

| Jul 4, 2008

If you're hoping to forget your troubles for 90 minutes, Scary Movie certainly does the job.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 26, 2006

Does its spoofing with a blunt instrument instead of a scalpel, and it's engineered to appeal to the lowest instincts of its targeted adolescent audiences.

| Original Score: D | Dec 6, 2005

Scary Movie's humor is definitely in the gutter.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

The humor in this movie is based on the concept that if enough jokes are fired off in a row, some of them will make you laugh. The concept works.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 30, 2005

| Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 10, 2003

The kind of thing that leads to sleepless nights -- from severely bruised rib cages.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 10, 2003

Scary Movie is a sporadically hilarious parody of teen horror movies that too frequently seems half-baked.

| Original Score: B- | May 22, 2003