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Scary Movie

(2000, Rated R, Horror, Starring Shannon Elizabeth, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 16.
  • Is it any good?

    1.0
  • Common Sense says

    It will only frighten you with its crudeness.

Why We Rated This off for Ages 16 and Under

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Just about everyone is the butt of a joke or two--including African Americans, the elderly, homosexuals, the mentally handicapped, and overweight people. One gag involves semen. Jokes about virgins, pubic hair, and sticking a penis in a vacuum cleaner.
  • Violence:

    Many bloody stabbings. A girl is electrocuted. Characters are killed for laughs. One is beheaded. Another kills himself. The costumed killer chases his victims, although it's more silly than scary.
  • Sex:

    Countless references to oral sex. Graphic photographs of a penis, a pair of bloated testicles, and an erect penis in a gay character's ear. The characters all have sex, and we see lots of groping. A male gym teacher cross-dresses to have access to female students.
  • Language:

    Frequent extreme profanity, with the majority of it sexually-themed.
  • Consumerism:

    Product placement is prevalent.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Everyone from the sometimes drunk and stoned killer to Cindy's drug-dealing criminal father indulges. Drug use is prevalent.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Scary Movie

Parents need to know that just about everyone is the butt of a joke or two--including African Americans, the elderly, homosexuals, the mentally handicapped, and overweight people. Frequent extreme profanity, with the majority of it sexually-themed. Every character acts questionably, from the sometimes drunk and stoned killer to Cindy's drug-dealing criminal father. Drug use is prevalent. Countless references to oral sex. Graphic photographs of a penis, a pair of bloated testicles, and an erect penis in a gay character's ear. One gag involves semen. Jokes about virgins, pubic hair, and sticking a penis in a vacuum cleaner. The characters all have sex, and we see lots of groping. A male gym teacher cross-dresses to have access to female students. Many bloody stabbings. A girl is electrocuted. Characters are killed for laughs. One is beheaded. Another kills himself.

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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in Pennsylvania
    I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 2.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    rated R for a reason

    this is an adult movie for mature audiences. it would be a iffy for ages 15+ but the movie is really trying to targete an audience that's 17+.way to much cussing, sexual realted themes and people are getting killed all for a joke.

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in Pennsylvania
    I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 2.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    rated R for a reason

    this is an adult movie for mature audiences. it would be a iffy for ages 15+ but the movie is really trying to targete an audience that's 17+.way to much cussing, sexual realted themes and people are getting killed all for a joke.

  3. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it 2.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    SEX!!! Definitly a problem!!!

    Way, way to much sex. There's so much sex in this movie. So much crude humor. So much language. It's not funny. There's a girl sucking on a boy's nipple. So much sex in beds. I a car, there's 6 teenagers. A boy and girl areliking each other's tounge. And a girl gets forced to suck on a boys erect penis. An erect penis comes out of a wall and goes through someones head. When a teenage girl and boy are in bed. The girls in a bikini and the boys in a speedo. The boy reaches down to the girls bottom half of the bikini, and pulls it off. Then WAY overgrown hair is shown all over her vagina. Then the boy takes a chainsaw and cuts it all off. In the girls locker room, a bear breast is shown. Lot's of sex, not even funny.

  4. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it 2.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    SEX!!! Definitly a problem!!!

    Way, way to much sex. There's so much sex in this movie. So much crude humor. So much language. It's not funny. There's a girl sucking on a boy's nipple. So much sex in beds. I a car, there's 6 teenagers. A boy and girl areliking each other's tounge. And a girl gets forced to suck on a boys erect penis. An erect penis comes out of a wall and goes through someones head. When a teenage girl and boy are in bed. The girls in a bikini and the boys in a speedo. The boy reaches down to the girls bottom half of the bikini, and pulls it off. Then WAY overgrown hair is shown all over her vagina. Then the boy takes a chainsaw and cuts it all off. In the girls locker room, a bear breast is shown. Lot's of sex, not even funny.

  5. I rate this title off for age 13 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content

    Just Too Lame

    This is the LAMEST movie on the planet, and I just saw 10 minutes of it. I said Change the channel.I hate it.

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

  7. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use

    great funny movie

  8. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Illinois
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative role models

    Hilarious Spoof can be Scary!

    This hilarious start to the funny franchise Scary Movie is unbelievably raunchy. I'm surprised this wasn't NC-17 for Explict Sexual Humor and Violence! There is full frontal nudity of both genders and nudity occurs more than once. There are explicitsexual gestures and references along with a particularly aggressive sex scene. Not only that, but the violence is quite gory, although comical in nature. Despite some hilarious but shocking sexual content, this is an very well done spoof. it's funny, fast, and pokes fun at many movies, includng Scream, Matrix, and I Know What You Did Last Summer. The cast is great and the killer, I might add, is hysterical!

  9. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in Massachusetts
    I rate this title off for age 15 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    Very funny movie

    There is a lot of sexual humor and violence. There is alot of language but it is spread out thu the movie

  10. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    Lives in Connecticut
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    what are they thinking making a movie this sick and disgusting

    say no to the off-color violence.

  11. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in Kentucky
    I rate this title off for age 16 and give it 2.0

    Movie to watch by yourself to not feel bad for watching it

    It was dumb and points of bad acting.

  12. Kid Reviewer Age 10
    Lives in Georgia
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content

    In one scene Cindy sucks a boyfriends penis. And A scene where a teacher says " i WILL SEE YOU AFTER CLASS" AS SAYING WE WILL HAVE SEX. Extremely sexual

  13. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in Washington
    I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message

    Watch......

    This movie is good for 14-16 year olds........... has sexual content

  14. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use

    OK

    this movie is ok. But you see frontal nudity of the male. They coarse and do drugs.

  15. Kid Reviewer Age 10
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title off for age 16 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence

    Please Watch!

    Extreme adult content, But had me LOL!

  16. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in Maine
    I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it 1.0

    Stupid Not Worth Wasting Your Time On

    Stupid movie use your time to watch a better movie.

  17. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it 5.0

    NO!

    dumb. to much SEX.

  18. Kid Reviewer Age 12
    Lives in Ohio
    I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it 1.0

    Uhhhhh

    This movie was really stupid and had maybe 5 funny parts at the most. Just a bunch of teens smoking and having sex. Very dumb movie.

  19. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Massachusetts
    I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it 5.0

    Very Funny

    Best out of all of them!

  20. Parent Reviewer
    Lives in Iowa
    I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 2.0

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