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John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: There are worse comedies, but few more pointless. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: ... this genre is pretty much dead. Read more
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: The laughs are so far apart and offer so few comic calories that it might be time to stick a fork in the franchise. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: [David Zucker] still has the eye, ear and metabolism of a hyperactive child weaned entirely on candy bars and educated by Mad Magazine. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: It's last year's satire, wearing this year's clothes. Read more
Phil Kloer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Scary Movie 3 blows more opportunities than the post-season Braves. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: The last 15 minutes of this movie feel as sleepy and uninspired as the last 30 of any recent episode of Saturday Night Live. But the movie has given up long before that. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Consistently entertaining and frequently hilarious. Read more
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: Despite one of the year's best trailers, this horror-film spoof is as laugh-challenged as the woeful first sequel. Read more
Michael Booth, Denver Post: If you don't think Mother Teresa commemorative bobbleheads are funny, this movie is definitely not for you. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: A hit-or-miss affair, but the gags that connect really connect. Read more
Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News: Under Mr. Zucker's direction, Scary Movie 3 ends up being neither the lowball spoof its predecessors were, nor the sort of madcap farce for which Mr. Zucker is famous. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: Too often even Scary Movie 3's cleverest bits degenerate from affectionate satire into mere imitation of their sources. Read more
Gene Seymour, Newsday: Crass, crude and sledgehammer- subtle. Yet, you can't help giggling yourself stupid, even at the more obvious sight gags. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: The funniest and possibly sickest entry yet. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Plays like 80 minutes of Naked Gun rejects. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The Naked Gun 33 1/3 wasn't the final insult from a founding ZAZ (Zucker/Abrams/Zucker) member; this is. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie is filled with famous and semi-famous faces, although only two of them work for their laughs and get them. Read more
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: There are a few laughs in Scary Movie 3, but most of the content is hopelessly dated. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: It's the ideal comedy for 12-year-old boys of every age and gender. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: It's all been there, razzed that, with long flat valleys stretching beneath the comic peaks. Read more
Derek Adams, Time Out: Zucker's slapstick may have the satiric delicacy of a chainsaw lobotomy, but it hasn't harmed the franchise. Read more
Dennis Harvey, Variety: Just middling funny, with no truly memorable high points and a sum impact that goes poof! before you've left the parking garage. Read more
David Ng, Village Voice: Rebounds nicely from its sophomore misfire, giddily inbreeding the plots of a half-dozen box office overachievers-from The Ring to 8 Mile -- until the result assumes a comically unstoppable life of its own. Read more