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Glad-I-Ate-Her · 10-26-2003, 05:59 PM

Here is a review by The New York Times:

2003 - USA - Comedy, SciFi
Reviewed by Stephen Holden
The New York Times

Release Date:
October 24, 2003
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Starring Charlie Sheen, Anna Faris. Directed by David Zucker. (PG13 ). The third installment of the comedy franchise whose jokes derive largely from references to recent hit films has been given a shot of adrenaline by David Zucker, who pioneered the genre with "Airplane," and who has taken over the creative reins from the Wayans brothers. Most of the spoofing is at the expense of movies like "Signs," "The Ring" and the first two "Matrix" movies. The funniest sequence in a comedy that revels in knockabout farce and has the attention span of a hyperactive child is a strenuous group effort to revive a corpse, first through some alarmingly aggressive artificial respiration, then through slapping and slamming the body until it breaks apart. Think of "Scary Movie 3" as an accelerated junk culture vaudeville with a Mad Magazine sensibility. — Stephen Holden

10-26-2003, 05:59 PM	#23 (permalink)
Glad-I-Ate-Her Junkie Location: 1 mile from Ground Zero	Here is a review by The New York Times: 2003 - USA - Comedy, SciFi Reviewed by Stephen Holden The New York Times Release Date: October 24, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starring Charlie Sheen, Anna Faris. Directed by David Zucker. (PG13 ). The third installment of the comedy franchise whose jokes derive largely from references to recent hit films has been given a shot of adrenaline by David Zucker, who pioneered the genre with "Airplane," and who has taken over the creative reins from the Wayans brothers. Most of the spoofing is at the expense of movies like "Signs," "The Ring" and the first two "Matrix" movies. The funniest sequence in a comedy that revels in knockabout farce and has the attention span of a hyperactive child is a strenuous group effort to revive a corpse, first through some alarmingly aggressive artificial respiration, then through slapping and slamming the body until it breaks apart. Think of "Scary Movie 3" as an accelerated junk culture vaudeville with a Mad Magazine sensibility. — Stephen Holden __________________ I'm "Glad I Ate Her" because the payback was worth it!!