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# Scary Movie (2000): what the critics said

Critics' score 56 from 9 reviews: 3 positive, 3 mixed, 3 negative.

The reviews split evenly between positive, mixed and negative responses to Scary Movie, with little agreement on how reliably its jokes land. Supporters find it frequently funny, praising the cast’s commitment and Keenen Ivory Wayans’s brisk, light-touch direction. Anna Faris draws particular praise, while even some less enthusiastic critics acknowledge effective slapstick and carefully executed spoofs of familiar scenes. The broadest agreement is that there are laughs here; their frequency is another matter.

Reservations centre on uneven pacing, awkward references and gross-out humour that some find more vulgar than funny. Radio Times also questions the purpose of parodying horror films that already satirise themselves. The spread is wide, running from enthusiastic approval of the gag rate to near-dismissal of the comedy as witless. Notably, the strongly negative Evening Standard still admires the precision of the pastiches, especially those drawing on The Blair Witch Project and The Matrix.

## Los Angeles Times

Fi1m's normalised score 80/100 (inferred from the text). 14 December 2000. 

The capsule finds the film frequently hilarious. It praises Keenen Ivory Wayans’ light touch and Anna Faris’s lively ensemble.

[Read the review](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-14-ca-65193-story.html)

## Total Film — Total Film

Rating 4/5. 8 September 2000. 

The review finds the film crude, disposable fun and praises how often its jokes land. It singles out the energetic cast and Keenen Ivory Wayans’s fleet-footed direction.

[Read the review](https://www.gamesradar.com/scary-movie-review/)

## Variety — Joe Leydon

Fi1m's normalised score 80/100 (inferred from the text). 30 June 2000. 

The review finds the film a gleefully outrageous, consistently funny spoof with strong breakout appeal. It singles out the high hit rate of its gags and the cast’s committed performances.

[Read the review](https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/scary-movie-1200462600/)

## Screen Daily — Mike Goodridge

Fi1m's normalised score 64/100 (inferred from the text). 10 July 2000. 

The page identifies this as a review, but its critical verdict is inaccessible. The available text does not reveal what the critic praised or criticized.

[Read the review](https://www.screendaily.com/scary-movie/402938.article)

## Radio Times — Joanna Berry

Rating 3/5. 

Berry finds enough laughs to make the spoof worthwhile, despite questioning the point of parodying films that already satirize horror. She singles out the send-up of The Matrix as especially funny.

[Read the review](https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-ke9218/scary-movie/)

## Empire — Mark Dinning

Fi1m's normalised score 35/100 (inferred from the text). 1 January 2000. 

Dinning finds the film often pointless and uneven, though it can still provoke laughs. He singles out its slapstick set pieces as occasional bright spots amid awkward references and lapses in momentum.

[Read the review](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/scary-movie-review/)

## Time Out — NF

Fi1m's normalised score 30/100 (inferred from the text). 

The review is negative, calling the comedy scattershot and stupid. It also criticizes the film’s added gross-out humor.

[Read the review](https://www.timeout.com/movies/scary-movie)

## Evening Standard

Fi1m's normalised score 20/100 (inferred from the text). 10 April 2012. 

The critic finds the film witless and excessively vulgar, despite occasionally laughing at it. They praise the clever, carefully executed pastiches, especially its recreations of scenes from The Blair Witch Project and The Matrix.

[Read the review](https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/scary-movie-7433615.html)

## Eye for Film — Keith Hennessey Brown

Fi1m's normalised score 60/100 (inferred from the text). 19 January 2001. 

The critic finds the film hit-and-miss but funny enough to be worthwhile, ultimately calling it middling. He singles out Anna Faris and Dave Sheridan as the standout performers.

[Read the review](https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/scary-movie-film-review-by-keith-hennessey-brown)

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