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If you
think the Farrelly Brothers went too far with "Me, Myself & Irene," then you might just as well skip the latest
gross-out extravaganza from the Wayans clan. "This is the
sort of 'horror' movie where fake blood is actually the second-most-seen
bodily fluid," notes Greg Dean Schmitz of UpcomingMovies.com. "What 'American Pie' and 'There's Something
About Mary' had mere drops of, 'Scary Movie' hurls at you
by the gallon."
But come
on, you know you want to see a slasher-flick parody where
the killer in the fright mask does bong hits with his potential
victims. That moment, part of a slick trailer campaign, should help "Scary Movie" cut into the mainstream blockbusters currently dominating the summer box office.
It might
seem like overkill, the idea of parodying the utterly self-conscious
"Scream" franchise--along with stabs at "The Blair Witch Project," "I Know What You Did Last Summer,"
and other teen-slasher titles. But if the jokes are hit- and-run more than they're hit-and-miss, the movie might just leave audiences in stitches. However, when the concept-sharing "I Know What You Screamed Last Summer" hits theaters in a few months,
don't be surprised if a deathly silence falls over the multiplex.
Frank
Sennett
Newcity.com
affiliates scream about "Scary Movie":
DO PEOPLE STILL CARE ABOUT SCARY MOVIES?
A spoof of a spoofy movie battles Bruce Willis and another kid as Hollywood
still tries to figure out what went wrong with "The Patriot"
FRIGHTENINGLY BAD "Scary Movie" tries to parody the rush of teen slasher films, only to end up
mangled and brainless
COMEDY
OF TERRORS
"Scary Movie" is a gross-out comedy far more satisfying than
any other of this year's entries in the disreputable genre
SHOCK
VALUE
Keenen Ivory Wayans' "Scary Movie" is embarrassingly enjoyable
THE
SICK SENSE
"Scary Movie" is no classic, but it's actually quite amusing
DEATHLY
FUNNY
"Scary Movie" is gross-out satire with a point
THE
HORROR, THE HORROR
Bad spoofs terrorize a rarely "Scary Movie"
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