Scary Movie 3 (2003)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

David Zucker

Writers (WGA):

Shawn Wayans (characters) &
Marlon Wayans (characters) ...

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:

Sexual Humor | Miniaturization | Splatter | Giant | Severed Nose

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Oct. 19

4:30 PM

TBS

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:

Scary Movie 3.5 (USA) (DVD box title)
Scary Movie 3: Episode I - Lord of the Brooms (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

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) | 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 (certificate #39360) | Greece:K-13

Filming Locations:

Lions Gate Film Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

Some additional scenes extensively including spoofs of The Matrix Reloaded (2003) were removed from the final film. They included a scene where Cindy fights a large number of Tabithas similar to the Burly Brawl scene in The Matrix Reloaded, and Orpheus "prophesizing". The removal of those scenes is also the reason of Queen Latifah never appearing in the final movie dressed as Neo from The Matrix Reloaded, although she appears dressed up that way in the movie's promotions and poster.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Cindy is in the room with the televisions, and the old man hurts her eye with a laser pointer, she says something but her mouth doesn't move.

Quotes:

Brenda Meeks: [the TV is acting weird and turns on after Brenda turns it off. Finally she unplugs and when it turns on again, it shows a creepy black and white image of Tabitha getting out of a well] Oh, come on. Cindy, the news is on! Another little white girl done fell down a well. Fifty black people got they ass beat by police today, but the whole world gotta stop for one little whitey down the hole.
[the TV starts leaking]
Brenda Meeks: Cindy, the TV’s leaking. Cindy... Cindy something's wrong here.
[Tabitha comes out slowly as Brenda backs away. Tabitha empties her ears with water]
Brenda Meeks: Cindy, this bitch is messin' up my floor!
[Tabitha creeps slowly for Brenda]
Brenda Meeks: Cindy, Help me!
Cindy: [Cindy is busy in the kitchen and is refusing to believe Brenda after she tricked her so many times] I'm not listening.
Brenda Meeks: [Tabitha gets closer to Brenda when Brenda punches her down] Get up you little ugly bitch. C'mon, let me see what you got. What you gonna do?
[Tabitha gets up and starts swinging at Brenda while Brenda holds her back by her hair]
[...]

Movie Connections:

References BASEketball (1998)

Soundtrack:

School Girls

Addition By Subtraction

Put the name "Wayans" on it and I walk out of the theater (if ambushed), or change the channel. The Wayans are a brand name in Hollywood that can greenlight anything they want, but the traffic laws should be rewritten to prevent this. Fortunately, none of the Ws returned for this film.

I did not see either of the first two films of this trilogy, but you really don't need to know the story to enjoy this film, since the plot of any good parody is just an excuse to deliver the maximum number of spoofs, gags, swipes, and one-liners by the end of the film. In that regard, this film does not disappoint.

Anna Faris (Cindy Campbell) is a surprisingly strong and exceptionally hot leading lady who should be considered for any A-list roles in the future. She did everything asked of her and then some, and the sky appears to be the limit for her talent. Cindy is a reporter for a Newscast that brings to life the song "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley (she's the bubbleheaded bleached blond who comes on at 5:00 and tells you about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye). Charlie Sheen plays a former reverend who lost faith after his hot wife was killed in an accident (again, they even made that funny).

Anthony Anderson is excellent in his supporting role, while the rest of the cast could have been chosen by lottery, other than Leslie Neilsen, who seems to have a contract somewhere that says a parody can't be made without him (he plays the president in this one). George Carlin makes a creepy cameo, as does Eddie Griffin and Queen Latifah, but the stars of the movie are the jokes, and they come rapid-fire.

The film was designed for an intelligent audience in tune with pop culture, and doesn't take time to explain itself: Simon Cowell gets to judge an 8-mile style rap battle with predictable and hilarious results; Anderson's character sheds more light on the possible depths of the relationship between B. Rabbit and Future; Leslie Neilsen gets to deliver a classic line from "Airplane" at one point, while showing that he's kept up with the times in another. The newsroom was more realistic than most would admit or want to believe, and the way the horror was delivered in this film (yes, it's a genuine horror movie) was a "Scream." We even get a nod to Final Destination (one of the most original concepts of all time), and at times the movie even seems to parody itself.

If you liked "Airplane!" and its genre, there's little chance you won't like this film. If you can't stand that type of humor, get ready to tear your hair out. For better or worse, this film belongs in a time capsule to explain what a movie parody is and how it should be made.