Scary Movie (2000)

Rated R

Runtime: 1 hour and 28 minutes

Genre: Comedy and Horror

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans

Writers: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer

 

Actors: Jon Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, Regina Hall, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Dave Sheridan, Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans

 

Budget: $19,000,000

Box Office: $278,019,771

Positives:

• Hilarious and entertaining parody scenes

• Characters were fun to watch, especially the news lady. Great chemistry,

• Interesting style, story logic and ideas

• Unique twist and turns

• Impressive camera shots and slow motion

• Minor jumpscares are fine

Mixed:

• Tiny bit disjointed story structure, but not terrible

Negatives:

• Pacing and editing issues

• Some scenes that were inappropriate

• Not a strong genre mixing

• Out of nowhere climax

• Crazy tone quality

 

Overall Verdict:

Story 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (7.5)

Character/Actors 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (7.5)

Dialogue 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (7.5)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3.5)

Background/Sets 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Background Music/Audio 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Camera/Editing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

37/50                                          7.4/10