  Scary Movie 4
MPAA Rating:
 for crude and sexual humor throughout, some comic violence and languageReviewed by: Misty Wagner Extremely Offensive
Moviemaking Quality:
 Primary Audience:
Adults, Teens
Genre:
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction, Sequel
Length:
1 hr. 23 min.
Year of Release:
2006
USA Release:
April 14, 2006 (wide)
          Relevant Issues
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“Bury the grudge. Burn the village. See the saw.”
Although I enjoyed some of this film, I don’t feel the need to sit through it again. There were other Scary Movie installments which I found much more comical and entertaining. As a spoof film, there isn’t much one could hope to gain by seeing Scary Movie 4. It is designed for people who enjoy cheap shots taken at other popular films. As with the other three Scary Movies though, there is a lot of content that many will find offensive (Scary Movie 1 / Scary Movie 2 / Scary Movie 3). The language is strong, both in profanity as well as sexual dialogue. The sexual references and crude sexual humor are extreme and constant throughout the course of the film. There is fake gore and ridiculously over-done violence. There are also a few scenes mocking Brokeback Mountain, and though they are done for the sake of a laugh—poking fun at the gay cowboy-themed movie—some will find it offensive. The bottom-line is that if you are weak at heart, unfamiliar with the other Scary Movies, or easily offended, then this movie is not for you. Parents should be strongly cautioned as this film is only PG-13 and does seem to attract a middle school crowd. Sex is handled very lightly throughout, with casual and heavy talk of homosexuality, oral sex, masturbation, STD, etc. So parents, BEWARE. If you typically allow your teens to see over the top, parody humor, then I would simply encourage you to screen this film before allowing them to see it. Violence: Heavy / Profanity: Extreme / Sex/Nudity: Moderate See list of Relevant Issues—questions-and-answers.  Negative - I watched this movie in it’s entirety and was not very pleased. Many scenes had used toilet humor or were so overt at trying to be funny that they ended causing the audience to shake their heads in disbelief of the stupidity of the overall scene. The movie in general was poor in quality; believe it or not when I was leaving the theatre with a friend a girl walking past us talking to her friends stated that 'this movie is whacked' in a negative way. There was only two funny scenes I can remember, and it was at the very beginning with Charlie Sheen and towards the middle of the film with Leslie Nielsen; the rest of the scenes were basically not funny at all and hardly anyone laughed at all. For someone who loves comedies this movie would make the daily news look shine like a golden in comedy depart. If I were you, I would avoid this movie at all costs or end up with the feeling of money wasted like I did. Comments from young people
Negative - Gross, disgusting movie, I am a Christian teenager and absolutely was disgusted. No wonder teenagers these days are making so many wrong choices. If a Christian, do not watch it, if you do, you're giving more advantages to making more …unnecessary movies ruining our relationship with God. Negative - I really hate this movie, and it was such a waste of time and money!! It was very offensive, the sexual 'humor' is extreme and 'comedy' violence is mild while language is also mild. The very beginning is very disturbing, I don't know how many times the guy's private parts were the main point of this movie, and the lady's privates, too. Very extreme crude humor is used and probably the worst movie made. This is such a dumb movie, too, nothing funny was in it, and it had no point. The father was an idiot and kept hurting his daughter, while the 'f' word was used a lot. I'm such an idiot for seeing this movie!! It's kinda like taking my eyes out and kicking them, that's how offensive this movie is. I advise none to see this movie. Extremely offensive, I give it a -1,000,000 on a 1-10 scale 10 being the highest in liking. Positive - Right up front I should say I’ve never seen the first three Scary Movies, I probably should. I just went out to see this with a friend cause it’s Friday night. With that out of the way, I can say this movie was definitely enjoyable. It’s not a down right riot, it’s not totally pathetic, it’s right in between. It was better than Date Movie by a long shot, that’s for sure. Positive - Wow! This movie was reeeeallly hilarious. I did like the 3rd movie better, but this was still really good. It will definitely offend many people, but it didn’t really offend me. But, showing that old guy’s butt was a little bit too disgusting, but it was pretty much hilarious! Uhm, don’t go see this if you get offended easily or even semi-easy. You WILL be offended. I don’t recommend taking children under the age of 13, DEFINITELY. It has a lot of humor that they would not understand and that parents probably won’t want to expose their young kids to. But for teens and adults, its great! Negative - When I first saw the commercials for this movie, I thought it was definitely funny. Although some parts were quite hilarious, the movie was really worst than the third one. There were barely any redeeming qualities, and how it avoided the R-rating is far beyond me. I really wouldn’t recommend this movie for anyone except for those who have become immune to the senselessness of some of these movies. Neutral - Though the language was quite frequent, it wasn’t overly too much. The crude humor was another downer, though not like the first two. The gags, though, were hilarious. The funniest were The Village, War of the Worlds, and Brokeback Mountain. The acting was okay, although somewhat lacking with Dr. Phil and some others. I would not recommend this for people under 14. [I am younger but, whatever.] Over all funny, although crude. Comments from other critics “…Scary Movie 4 falls down into a tasteless rut… depends on juvenile or gross-out humor… isn’t funny…” “…More of the same, but less funny…” “…their movie should be projected onto a Glad body bag… installment four is the most scornfully made yet…” “…presents absolutely no surprises whatsoever… humor-impaired…parodies…” “…as ever, the jokes are a jumble of the gross, the baggy, the raunchy, the mistimed, and—every once in a while—the refreshingly incorrect…” |
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