Scary Movie 4 (2006)

Purely Joyful Movie!

Just so...so bad

A Disappointing Continuation

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

The Scary Movie series is notable because in spite of universal hatred from critics and many harsh reviews on IMDb, it continues to be successful enough to keep on keeping on. I have enjoyed all the Scary Movies; they are what they are, and if you just don't like silly, offensive, juvenile humor at least a little bit you aren't going to like any of them. But they are always a fun bag of pop culture humor and cruel pratfalls.As with all the films in the series, the humor is hit and miss. Some things I found very funny, like the running gag of terrible parenting, and some I could have done without, like the final Tom Cruise parody (which, unlike most of the humor, will make no sense to anyone not familiar with the original interview). Overall I felt that, while the lows weren't any lower than usual, the highs weren't quite as high. It is often laugh out funny, but it's rarely hysterically funny. But what can I say, I always have fun with these.

Day 30 Of My 31 Days Of Horror Double Review Part 2.Director David Zucker returns with the Scaryy Movies with Scary Movie 4. The film follows Cindy played by Anna Faris who notices that an alien invasion is going to destroy her hometown. The films main parodies are War Of The Worlds Saw Saw II and The Village. Not as fun as the 3rd but still a lot fun with a very funny scene involving Charlie Sheen.Rated PG-13 For Crude And Sexual Humor Throughout, Some Comic Violence And Language.Theatrical: 1hr 24min/84min. Unrated: 1hr 31min/91min.1 use of the F-word.**1/2/****

I enjoyed the first movie, liked the second though it had problems, and thought the third was okay. This however was a mess and definitely for me the worst of the series. The gags and spoofs aren't as focused this time around, The Grudge and The Village were not my idea of movies to spoof on, and the spoofs on them were rather weak. The acting is rather dire this time round with nobody seemingly able to get past their weak material or stock characters. The script is very unfunny and tired, the film pace-wise is for me the dullest of the four, the story is too thin for the running time and is predictable as well, the production values are rather cheap and the soundtrack is generic and uninspired. All in all, a bad movie and the worst of the series. 1/10 Bethany Cox

When I reviewed Scary Movie 3, I gave it a slightly-higher-than-it-really-deserved rating of 2/10, thereby allowing myself room to give Scary Movie 4 an ever lower score should it somehow be worse; it was a close thing, but part 4 just about saved itself from that particular embarrassment in its closing minutes with a wicked scene at the expense of Tom Cruise that actually made me laugh (better late than never, I suppose).Directed by David Zucker, who also made the dreadful part 3, Scary Movie 4 is another grab-bag of dumb jokes that spoof the horror (and the occasional non-horror) blockbusters of the day, targets this time around including The Grudge, Saw, The Village and War of the Worlds. Once again, the humour is of the most obvious and basic kind; once again, the late and once-great Leslie Nielsen unwisely puts in an appearance, even going so far as to strip off and reveal his saggy, naked frame in the name of comedy (and for a paycheck, of course); and once again, the once lovely Anna Faris takes another step towards complete bimbo-dom, this time sporting a splendid trout pout to go with her now golden mane.