Scary Movie 4 (2006)

Regisseur:

David Zucker

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Craig Mazin (screenplay) &
Jim Abrahams (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

14. April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie

Werbezeile:

They're coming. We need your support.

Plot:

Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them.

Plot Keywords:

Neck Break | Wyoming | Gay Sex | Gay Kiss | Bar

Filmpreise:

1 win & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

No brains were harmed during the making of this production.

Besetzung

Anna Faris	...	Cindy
Regina Hall	...	Brenda
Craig Bierko	...	Tom Ryan
Bill Pullman	...	Henry Hale
Anthony Anderson	...	Mahalik
Leslie Nielsen	...	President Baxter Harris
Molly Shannon	...	Marilyn
Michael Madsen	...	Oliver
Chris Elliott	...	Ezekiel
Carmen Electra	...	Holly
Holly Madison	...	Girl Next Door
Bridget Marquardt	...	Girl Next Door
Shaquille O'Neal	...	Himself (as Shaq)
Phil McGraw	...	Himself (as Dr. Phil McGraw)
Kendra Wilkinson	...	Girl Next Door

Alternativ:

Scary Movie 4 (Australia) (cable TV title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor throughout, some comic violence and language.

Länge:

83 Min | USA:89 Min (unrated version)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited for re-rating) | Iceland:10 (theatrical rating) | UK:15 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Norway:15 | Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:12 | Hungary:16 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Sweden:11 | Iceland:10 | Malaysia:18PL | Italy:T | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Ireland:15A | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Singapore:M18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | USA:PG-13 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Malaysia:U (re-rating)

Drehorte:

Lion's Gate Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Firma:

Dimension Films

Dies und das:

There was to be a spoof of House of Wax (2005) in the beginning and Paris Hilton and Elisha Cuthbert were supposed to make an appearance but it was canceled. Other dropped spoofs were Red Eye (2005) and Cursed (2005).

Pannen:

Filmfehler: The Saw villain's tricycle features a straight handlebar when he enters the restroom. Next, in the shot with Zoltar, the handlebar is curved.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Shaquille O'Neal: [screaming] Help! Help! Am I dead?
Dr. Phillip C. McGraw: You're not dead. You've been taken against your will.
Shaquille O'Neal: Kobe?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Parodiert What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004)

Soundtrack:

Crooked Letter

No brains were harmed during the making of this production.

Scary Movie 4. Is it an example of good film-making? No. Will future film students study this movie and its revolutionary techniques? No. Could I have written this script in half an hour while stoned? Yes. Can I remember the last time I laughed this hard? No.

The key to enjoying a Scary Movie is to see it as a series of sketches based on popular movies, rather than a stand-alone film. The spoofs are extremely obvious and require as little thought to understand as it must have taken to write them. But as far as juvenile humour and crude visual jokes go, David Zucker does it right. You might question Zucker's actual skills as a director, but I dare you to call any of his movies unfunny.

Another reviewer mentioned that he missed the Wayans' style of comedy and brought up the scene where a blind Carmen Electra mistakes a church seat for a toilet as one of the funny scenes. Funny how I thought that was the only scene in the entire movie where the comedy fell on its face. The Wayans' relied far too much on lame sexual humour and gross-out jokes and I enjoy slapstick far more than that.

Not that Scary Movie 4 doesn't have its fair share of (hilarious) crude jokes. I won't spoil all the fun for you, so I'll just mention my favourite: Charlie Sheen, haunted by his past, tries to commit suicide, unfortunately the sleeping pills he swallowed turn out to be Viagra. That's the level of the humour in this movie, and if you are entertained by violent slapstick, people getting hit by cars, sexual jokes, and brilliant dialogue such as:

"I saw this face..."

"With a nose?"

"Yes."

"Hmm. Sounds like a face."

...then this movie is worth buying a ticket for. But if you can't stand lowbrow, dirty, and obvious comedy, you better stay away. Personally I thought 4 was the funniest in the entire series, after #3. If a movie can make me laugh for an hour and 22 minutes, I can't hate it. While Scary Movie 4 definitely isn't a "good" movie, it's hard to put down comedy this funny. Craig Bierko does a very good Tom Cruise impression, as well. If you liked the other movies, especially 3, this is a must see.

Dirty, juvenile comedy is rarely this funny. Strongly recommended if you're in the mood.(r#16)