Give me my money back

Rating: 5/10 (28 July 2001)

I've seen the first "Scary Movie", and rather enjoyed it, on a mindless, silly level. But this one makes Benny Hill look like Citizen Kane.

One basic rule of a parody is that the audience should have at least a hint as to what is being mocked. Apart from a rather clever (in Wayans' standards) spoof of "The Exorcist" and the oh-so-expected "Crouching Dragon" and "Matrix" parodies there was almost nothing but a grade z collection of body humor, ranging between just tasteless and downright disgusting. Whereas Monty Python used this kind of humor ("The meaning of life", for instance) to make a social statement, here there's no point whatsoever.
Too bad this movie is so utterly terrible. In the right hand, with the right directors and writers (the Abrahms brothers, for instance) it could have been much funnier and a lot better. As it is - a waste of time and money (for both sides...)