What was once viewed as an oddity is now widely regarded as one of the most interesting studio comedies of the 1990s.
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Simon Bland,
IndieWire,
12 June 2026
Tiddes is responsible for bringing big-screen comedies back with Scary Movie this summer; the pic opened to a franchise high $105M worldwide last weekend.
Ludwigsen played each of the five commercial slapsticks five times in an anechoic environment, minimizing any acoustic room effects with absorbing wedges.
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