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Scary Movie 4

(2006, Rated PG-13, Comedy, Starring Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 16, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 16.
  • Is it any good?

    2.0
  • Common Sense says

    Still more insipid movie spoofing. Enough already!

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 16–18

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Typical of this broad comedy franchise, ludicrous behaviors and moral failings.
  • Violence:

    Various stabbings, punchings, shootings, one seppuku, a crotch-whomping; Dr. Phil hit in head with pipe and ceiling chunks, then saws off his own foot; child appears in photo with automatic weapons; shipyard container splats foreman; Asian woman is missing half her face (coworkers slam her head like a stapler); healthcare manager tries to drown ghost-child; Cindy hit in head with baseball and football; Tom accidentally hits daughter, slams her head in car door, and throws her violently; Million Dollar Baby spoof features multiple necks breaking and Mike Tyson lookalike biting off a pile of ears; Tom shoots himself by accident; alien tripods zap victims; Lil Jon's car crashes; Tom and two others hold gun and knife on one another; fake monsters in village; knife in Henry's chest.
  • Sex:

    Several open-mouthed kisses between primary couple; movie opens with Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" over jiggling microbes (scene ends with man on bench itching his crotch); Charlie Sheen wakes up with three porn stars, then overdoses on Viagra (causing gigantic erection); Brokeback Mountain spoof; photo shows woman lifting up shirt (nonexplicit); Cindy says she's "taken balls to the face" Cindy appears in shower (shoulders up); village feast table features two roasted pigs in fornicating position; two village members are gay; Carmen Electra wears a corset and fishnets; zap-ray turns evaporates clothes off UN members and U.S. president (he spends minutes not quite showing his butt and front, covered by obstacles; he says he thought his penis was a "zipper," and pulled it up and down); alien snakey-robot appears to fornicate with vacuum cleaner; one torture device has missile pointed at Tom's butt; one bit of torture involve "t---y"-twisting; wiping her lips, Brenda has apparently had oral sex with scary Saw puppet off-screen; Mahalik and CJ show bare butts as they wear chaps; president in bed with a duck.
  • Language:

    Right on the edge for language: one f-word; several s-words; slang for sex and genitals; assorted other language ("hell," "pissed," "damn it," "bitch," "snow ho," "ass clown," "turd," "Rumpleforeskin," "p---y").
  • Consumerism:

    Vaseline; Yahoo.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Character drinks vodka with bottle full of Viagra; characters drink beer in a bar; two young black males note a "weed" in the woods (with smoke puffing around them); rap lyrics "blaze up them trees").
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Scary Movie 4

Parents need to know that the film includes assorted violent acts, exaggerated for comedy, such as stabbings, shootings, collisions, car crash, seppuku, a hit to the crotch, running into trees and a building, boxing, necks breaking, Mike Tyson lookalike biting off ears, vehicles and shipyard containers slamming into people, alien tripods zapping people into electricky dust, and U.S. military blowing things up. Tom hits his daughter with suitcase, slams her head in car door, and leaves her outside to be zapped by aliens. Saw spoof includes saw to cut off leg, knife to cut out eyeball, toothy torture helmets, and other mechanical threats. Very little blood visible throughout the film, exaggerated sound effects for breaking bones, some screams of comedic terror. At film's end, Tom ("the man who saved the world") appears on Oprah, where he eats the sofa, punches Oprah (she punches back), smashes her with a chair, breaks her hands, and generally destroys the set. Characters drink vodka and beer; characters refer to "weed." Characters make sexual references (language and some images, with immature joking about nakedness and genitalia). Lots of profanity. In the context of not liking kids, the president says, "Remind me to sign that abortion bill."

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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in Pennsylvania
    I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use

    not pg-13 material

    by far, the best scary movie.i wish they made more. but yeah they have countless sexual jokes. not to mention racial ones and the brokeback mountain scene, where there are 2 guys who obviuosly made love that night. maybe the movie went a little far but at least i enjoyed it.

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in Massachusetts
    I rate this title off for age 15 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use

    I recently watched this again, and the first thing i noticed is this is a little extreme for a PG-13. Sex: There is almost nonstop little sex jokes so ill just point out the huge ones. 1.Chairle Sheen overdoses on viagra... 2. Gay tent scene where they're singing (then u see the tent shaking). 3. Alien machine blows off everyones clothes (only butts are seen). 4. !Spoilers! Alien has sex w/ main character, the alien catches a desiese and the spacetripod collapses Violence- All comic, nothing really to mention Language- everything from f*** (said once) to every other PG-13 word. This is definatly a movie that i think u should watch b4 letting u kid see

  3. I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use

  4. I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it 4.0

    funny!!!

    this movie is so funny, but there is some sexual things in here. ive seen the 2,3, and this one and it was fine for me.

  5. I rate this title off for age 15 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Negative message

    A spoof for older teens only.

  6. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in Minnesota
    I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use

    Good

    This movie is really good if you are into funny and scary movies. This movie is just so funny because they make fun of all diffrent kind of scary movies and then they put it into all one movie!

  7. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Florida
    I rate this title off for age 13 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language

  8. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it 2.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language

    not good

    this was not that funny.

  9. Kid Reviewer Age 10
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title off for age 15 and give it 2.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism

    Piece of crap. Somewhat good.

    The worst scary movie so far. Still worth watching. 2 1/2 star rating. Can't wait till #5 comes out.

  10. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    Lives in Connecticut
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    great movie!

    this movie was the best movie ever!

  11. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Florida
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    oh dear gosh

    it's soooooo funny but it's wrong

  12. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Maryland
    I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it 3.0

    Funny!

    Its probably the worst of all Scary Movies but thats not to say that its not funny. The first scene is the funiest.

  13. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in California
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 4.0

    Spoof Extremely Predictable, yet Funny!

    The spoof takes on Tom Cruise, War of the Worlds, and The Village. What a risk, but it sure turned out well! It made me laugh so hard! I'm also glad Carmen Electra's face was only in one scene. Not recommended for kids under 12, but teens and adults would enjoy!

  14. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    Fun-ny!

    Great movie deserves a PG rating not 15+ acornding to this site. It is very tame 90 percent of the time. They say its so bad but really its not, Its the ultimate spoof on chucky takin over the world. GReat great movie.

  15. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

  16. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 0.0

  17. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    Lives in Minnesota
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 4.0

    Scary Movie 4 was the best of all 4. I thought it was very funny. Though there was a lot of inapropriate things in this movie. I think I was old enough to know what was right and wrong. But I don't think it would be apropriate for under the age off 13.

  18. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in Colorado
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 1.0

    Ho-hum.

    The sexual content/language in this movie is pretty bad, and it's not that great of a movie anyway. If your teen has to see this, watch it with them.

  19. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    Lives in Connecticut
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 5.0

    funny

    better the all the others and not nearly as scary

  20. Kid Reviewer Age 10
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 3.0

    17 and up

    not for kids

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