Product Details

• Actors: Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Regina Hall, Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy
• Directors: David Zucker
• Writers: Aaron Seltzer, Buddy Johnson, Craig Mazin, Jason Friedberg, Marlon Wayans
• Format: Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Unknown)
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: May 11, 2004
• Run Time: 84 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (259 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001AW0HU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,532 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Scary Movie 3 (Widescreen Edition)" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This freewheeling parody tosses horror movies, Eminem, The Matrix, and much more into a cinematic blender. Scary Movie 3 centers around Cindy (Anna Faris, Lost in Translation), a bubble-headed young newscaster who believes that a deadly videotape has some mysterious connection to the aliens who've been making crop circles in the cornfield of a local farmer (Charlie Sheen, Young Guns), whose brother (Simon Rex) hopes to win a local rap contest. Along for the ride are Queen Latifah, George Carlin, Anthony Anderson, Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, Jeremy Piven, Camryn Manheim, Ja Rule, dozens of rap stars, and Leslie Nielsen as the President of the U.S. No need to have seen the first two Scary Movie flicks--though a few of the characters recur, the movie leapfrogs from gag to goofy gag, plundering The Ring, Signs, and The Others as needed. Silly and slapdash, but with a decent dose of laughs. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

The third time's an outrageously funny charm for this series, as David Zucker of "Airplane!" fame takes over the directorial reins. This time out, Anna Faris is a TV reporter investigating crop circles and killer videotapes while trying to save the world from an alien invasion. Laugh out loud as "Signs," "The Sixth Sense," "The Matrix," "The Ring," and other films are skewered. Charlie Sheen, Denise Richards, Timothy Stack, Jenny McCarthy, Camryn Manheim, and Leslie Nielsen also star. 84 min.Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: Spanish; audio commentary; deleted scenes; alternate ending; "making of" documentary; outtakes.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 30 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Laugh Riot October 22, 2003

By H. Semones

I wondered when I watched the trailer for Scary Movie 3 why I was laughing so hard. Sure I enjoyed the first two films, but they seemed... amateurish. Yeah, I know the entire series is nothing but crass, low-brow humor, but that trailer was SO funny. I found myself on the Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com) trying to figure it out. Much to my surprise, I found David Zucker (one of the three masterminds behind Airplane!) directing and writing AND Kevin Smith producing and writing the film. Zounds!

I don't know why or how the Wayans brothers aren't involved, but frankly it's for the better. The movie is absolutely hilarious. Oh sure, there are jokes so obvious they are like seeing a jumbo jet landing in your front yard, but there are also enough surprises that catch you off guard to more than make up for that.

The "plot" purees The Ring, Signs and Eight Mile into a mismatch of parody and slap-stick well enough that you wish the Zuckers and Jim Abrahams would get back together and come up with one more. This is mostly for two scenes that sustain laughs so long they actually hurt. Don't get me wrong. This nothing more than stupid, sophomoric humor, but when in the hands of talented comedic film makers, it becomes a film that demands repeated viewings much like Airplane! and Top Secret. In other words, a laugh riot.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars "Sharpton for President y'all. I'm outie!" February 17, 2006

By S. Sarhan

Format:DVD

Here's another Scary Movie sequel, but this time neither Wayans brother returns.

Scary Movie 3 is a hilarious movie starring returning castmembers Anna Faris (Lost In Translation) and Regina Hall, along with an incredible supporting cast including Charlie Sheen (Hot Shots), Leslie Neilsen (Airplane!), Anthony Anderson (Me Myself And Irene), and many others.

The film spoofs many recently popular horror films like The Ring, The Others, and Signs, while at the same time taking on other films like 8 Mile and The Truman Show.

Watch out for cameo appearances by Macy Gray, Ja Rule, American Idol's Simon Cowell, Queen Latifah, Eddie Griffin, Jeremy Piven as the whacky news broadcaster Ross Giggins, and a Michael Jackson look-alike.

Recommended

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars funny January 21, 2010

By David A. Smith

Format:DVD

i won't lie when the wayans bros. quiet directing these movies they kinda got lame. but i still find them funny as hell and scary movie 3 is funny as hell