Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two stars out of a possible four, and admitted to laughing a few times but not as much as he did for American Pie or Scary Movie. Ebert also criticized the scatological humor. He urged audiences to not waste their time on the film, when in the month of December 2001 there were "21 other promising films" to choose from. Robin Rauzi of the Los Angeles Times called it "a 90-minute exercise in redefining the word 'gratuitous'" and suggested it is most likely to appeal to fourteen-year-olds – "who of course [are] not supposed to be seeing this R-rated movie". Dennis Harvey of Variety criticized the film for its "overall tendency to mistake mere bad taste for outrageousness, and plain referentiality for satire" but praised Evans, Pressly, and Olsen for giving performances better than the material. He noted that the film follows the model of Scary Movie but lacked the comic finesse of Anna Faris. Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle called the film "a crass act" and pointed out the futility of trying to parody films that are already absurd. LaSalle complained that the film too closely copies She's All That, calling it "pathetic" that Not Another Teen Movie is just another formulaic teen movie. See also Scary Movie (film series) (2000–13) Date Movie (2006) Epic Movie (2007) Meet the Spartans (2008) Disaster Movie (2008) Dance Flick (2009) Vampires Suck (2010) The Starving Games (2013) Best Night Ever (2013) Superfast! (2015) References External links 2001 films 2001 comedy films 2001 directorial debut films 2000s American films 2000s English-language films 2000s high school films 2000s parody films 2000s teen sex comedy films American high school films American parody films American sex comedy films American teen comedy films The Breakfast Club Cheerleading films Columbia Pictures films Films about proms Films directed by Joel Gallen Films produced by Neal H. Moritz Films scored by Theodore Shapiro Films set in airports Films set in California Films shot in Los Angeles Incest in film Original Film films