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Scoop (2006)

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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 138
Fresh: 54 | Rotten: 84

Rehashing old plot lines and characters, Scoop is a tiresome dipper and another disappointing addition to Woody Allen's repertoire.

36

Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 23

Rehashing old plot lines and characters, Scoop is a tiresome dipper and another disappointing addition to Woody Allen's repertoire.

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55

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Average Rating: 3.2/5
User Ratings: 67,584

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Movie Info

Both laughs and thrills are on the masthead in this comedy drama about a would-be reporter written and directed by Woody Allen. Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) is an American journalism student who travels to England to visit friends. While in London, she attends a magic show where magician Sid "Splendini" Waterman (Woody Allen) brings her on-stage as part of a trick in which he makes her disappear. However, while waiting to be "de-materialized," she's visited by the ghost of a murdered

PG-13, 1 hr. 36 min.

Romance, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Nov 21, 2006

$10.5M

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All Critics (145) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (56) | Rotten (84) | DVD (8)

Nestled as it is amid the clamor of the late-summer blockbusters, it's the kind of small pleasure that can make you feel intensely grateful.

October 7, 2006 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comment
Salon.com
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Woody -- enough with the one-liners.

August 9, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Observer | Comment
New York Observer
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It's full of funny lines and clever inventions.

July 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | Comment
Wall Street Journal
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Scoop. It's a tired, thin, almost laughless reminder of the earlier Allen.

July 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | Comment
Orlando Sentinel
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Scoop is no more than a beguiling trifle. But in the dog days of summer, it's a perk to wallow in inspired silliness.

July 28, 2006 Comment (1)
Rolling Stone
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Scoop has something Match Point didn't, something that none of Allen's films have had to quite this degree in 10 years. It's really, really funny.

July 28, 2006 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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Another comic murder mystery from Woody Allen.

December 17, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

A genteel burp of a comedy

August 30, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
CinePassion

Another comic murder mystery from Woody Allen.

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | Comment
Hollywood.com

The initial novelty of seeing and hearing Johansson put on an Allen avatar geek persona in her first scene can't carry the film.

August 26, 2007 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

Después de Match Point (su mejor película de los últimos años), Woody Allen regresa a un cine menor, olvidable, sin mayores pretenciones que divertir durante un rato.

May 9, 2007 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | Comment
Uruguay Total

Sempre há a possibilidade de que o próximo trabalho de Woody Allen seja um Match Point, um Desconstruindo Harry ou um Todos Dizem Eu Te Amo. O problema é que também há boas chances de que seja um novo Scoop.

March 13, 2007 Comment
Cinema em Cena

Alarmingly, some of Woody Allen's highly strung performance enhancing gestures rub off on Scarlett Johansson in this bizarre misfire from Allen, who hasn't even noticed that his plot doesn't hold water.

March 9, 2007 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
Urban Cinefile

The plot fizzles even as the jokes sizzle.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

Everything is a dreadful bore, a woeful misstep, or both.

November 30, 2006 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

What was surprising, however, was how sloppily it had been put together and how many holes there were in the story.

November 29, 2006 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | Comment
Laramie Movie Scope

While Scoop is not nearly as intricate or well-crafted as Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery, it is a fun, frothy trifle that's perfect for an enjoyable afternoon in front of the tube.

November 20, 2006 Full Review Source: About.com | Comment
About.com

A ramshackle and laboriously whimsical comedic trifle that falls back on Woody Allen's increasingly tired penchant for nattering faux-realism.

September 18, 2006 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine | Comment

Visiting London, American journalism student Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) gets the scoop on possible serial killer Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman). Volunteering as the subject for second-rate magician Sid Waterman (Woody Allen), Sondra comes face to fac

September 6, 2006 Comment
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Audience Reviews for Scoop

Scoop is Woody Allen's second film with Scarlett Johansson, and it's a combo rom-com/murder mystery. It's also a nice little tribute to magic, something Allen has apparently had an interest in for quite some time. Oh eyah, and there's some supernatural elements too. The story concerns the awkward but beautiful American

January 2, 2008
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Chris Weber

Super Reviewer

Woody Allen has yet to disappoint me, and also never failed to entertain me. Scoop is a bit of a different affair than one would normally be used to from his work, but that doesn't matter. What Allen does is create intriguing characters with intriguing situations, build a story around it and make it all happen. Some

June 27, 2011
FilmFanatik
Tim Salmons

Super Reviewer

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