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Our take
Scary Movie 3 spoofs horror and alien films with cartoon scares and a steady stream of adult jokes. Sex gags, drug references, and moderate swearing are more prominent than the bloodless parody violence. We put it at around M and up; younger children will miss much of the humour and still hear plenty of crude material.
Uplifting themes
There is not much to take away beyond a cheerful willingness to poke fun at hit movies. The film is built for quick gags, and that is about all it offers The characters are broad comic types written mainly to set up the next joke. None of them are meant as examples to follow, and the film is fine with that
Story (may spoil tone)
News anchorwoman Cindy Campbell has to investigate mysterious crop circles and killing video tapes, and help the President stop an alien invasion in the process.
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Violence Violence is broad and cartoonish, with slapstick fights, a comic boxing…
Violence is broad and cartoonish, with slapstick fights, a comic boxing match and spoof horror attacks lifted from other films. Nobody gets hurt in a way the film takes seriously
Language Swearing is frequent, mostly the s-word along with words like b-word an…
Swearing is frequent, mostly the s-word along with words like b-word and a-word, and there is at least one use of the f-word. It is a steady stream of comic cursing, more goofy than aggressive
Sex / nudity Sex jokes recur, including references to porn and a couple killed while…
Sex jokes recur, including references to porn and a couple killed while nude. The humour is suggestive, with no explicit sex shown
Drugs / alcohol Alcohol and smoking appear for laughs, with a character getting drunk o…
Alcohol and smoking appear for laughs, with a character getting drunk on vodka and cigarettes passed around. There is also a throwaway joke about crystal meth
Frightening The scares are parodies, with a creepy girl crawling out of a televisio…
The scares are parodies, with a creepy girl crawling out of a television and alien attacks played for giggles. The horror imagery is familiar but defused by the silliness around it
Gore / death / weapons People die as part of the horror spoofs and guns appear in gags, but an…
People die as part of the horror spoofs and guns appear in gags, but any blood is brief and cartoonish. Nothing lingers or looks real, and the jokes defuse it fast
Flashing lights We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
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Talk after watching
- A lot of the jokes work only if you have seen the films being spoofed. Which ones did you recognise?
- The comedy relies on being rude and shocking. When does that kind of humour stop being funny for you?
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