Scary Movie 3 (2003)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

David Zucker

Writers (WGA):

Craig Mazin (written by) and
Pat Proft (written by) ...

Release Date:

24 October 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Reload for a third shot

Plot:

In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, Cindy has to investigate mysterious crop circles and video tapes, and help the President in preventing an alien invasion.

Plot Keywords:

Crop Circle | Farm | Videotape | Giant | Cornfield

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Pamela Anderson	...	Becca
Jenny McCarthy	...	Kate
Marny Eng	...	Tabitha
Charlie Sheen	...	Tom
Simon Rex	...	George
Jianna Ballard	...	Sue
Jeremy Piven	...	Ross Giggins
Anna Faris	...	Cindy
Timothy Stack	...	Carson Ward (as Tim Stack)
Elaine Klimaszewski	...	Elaine
Diane Klimaszewski	...	Diane
Camryn Manheim	...	Trooper Champlin
Drew Mikuska	...	Cody
Regina Hall	...	Brenda Meeks
Darrell Hammond	...	Father Muldoon

Also Known As:

Film de peur 3 (Canada: French title)
Scary Movie 3.5 (USA) (DVD box title)
Scary Movie 3: Episode I - Lord of the Brooms (USA) (working title)
Scary Movie III (USA) (working title)
Scary Movie 3 (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
Очень страшное кино 3 (Russia) [ru]
Õudne film 3 (Estonia) [et]
Horrorra akadva 3. (Hungary) [hu]
Korkunç bir film 3 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Scary Movie 3 (Greece) [el]
Scary Movie 3 (France) [fr]
Scary Movie 3 (Czech Republic) [cs]
Scary Movie 3 (Finland) [fi]
Scary movie 3 - Una risata vi seppellirà (Italy) (promotional title) [it]
Scary movie 3: No hay dos sin 3 (Argentina) [es]
Todo Mundo Em Pânico 3 (Brazil) [pt]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for pervasive crude and sexual humor, language, comic violence and drug references.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) (Canadian Home Video rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Iceland:10 | Netherlands:6 | Malaysia:U (DVD) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Japan:PG-12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (NO. 39360) | Greece:K-13

Filming Locations:

Lions Gate Film Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

Anna Faris (Cindy) and Regina Hall (Brenda) are the only people to appear in all three Scary Movie films.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the flashback of the farmer's wife dying, the police officer breaks random things in half to symbolize his wife. When she breaks the taco in half, it breaks all the way, yet, when the shot is seen from behind her, part of the taco is still whole.

Quotes:

Sayaman: [after killing Tom's wife in a car accident] Tom, I'm going to need a ride home.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

Soundtrack:

Do You Wanna

They're back on the right track

Seeing the second and the third movie in the Scary Movie series short after each other, gave me the perfect opportunity to see what the change of director can do to a movie. I liked the first movie, but didn't find the second one worth another watch, because they had lost all originality or sense of good humor. All they did was badly repeating what had worked in the first movie and that is something that should be avoided at all time. Now with David Zucker as the director, the man who also gave us some other excellent parodies like "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun", instead of Keenen Ivory Wayans, I had some good hopes again. And he certainly didn't disappoint me...

Of course you'll recognize several famous movies again. This time they are making fun of "The Ring", "Signs", "8 Mile",... but also other aspects from showbiz will be treated. You'll find Michael Jackson and references to the sex tape with Pamela Anderson in it as well, but the main difference with "Scary Movie 2" is that this time it all has been written into one solid and hilarious story. And the story isn't the only thing that has been improved, so has the acting. With some famous actors like Charlie Sheen and Leslie Nielsen, who both have a solid record full of humorous TV-series and / or movies, you know that you can expect the best of the best again when it comes to this kind of humor. But people like for instance Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy were an excellent surprise and did give this movie something extra. I'm not saying that they had some very difficult roles, but what they did really worked and that's all I'm asking.

Overall this movie is a lot better than the previous one. Once again it is full references to other movies, but it is the humor that makes the difference. It's probably because they have chosen a new director and have taken more time to come up with a new story, that the concept works again. I'm looking forward to "Scary Movie 4" and give this one a solid 7.5/10, perhaps even an 8/10.