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Scoop (2006)

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Reviews Counted:134

Fresh:51

Rotten:83

Average Rating:5.3/10

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

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some sexual content.

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jul 28, 2006 Limited

Box Office: $10,467,056

Synopsis: Scoop is the new contemporary comedy from writer/director Woody Allen, and is his second consecutive film to be set and shot in London (following Match Point). Scoop stars Mr. Allen, Hugh Jackman,... Scoop is the new contemporary comedy from writer/director Woody Allen, and is his second consecutive film to be set and shot in London (following Match Point). Scoop stars Mr. Allen, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, and Ian McShane. The late U.K. journalist Joe Strombel (played by Mr. McShane) is being mourned by his colleagues - even as, stuck in limbo, Joe remains committed to pursuing a hot tip on the identity of "the Tarot Card Killer" at large in London. But how can his legwork get done now? Via the very much alive Sondra Pransky (Ms. Johansson). Sondra is an American journalism student visiting friends in London. During a stage performance by another American, magician Sid Waterman (Mr. Allen), Sondra is shocked to find herself able to see and hear Joe. From beyond, he gives her the scoop of a lifetime and urges her to pursue it. Sondra immediately starts chasing the big story, enlisting the aid of a reluctant Sid (a.k.a. Splendini). That chase leads right to handsome British aristocrat Peter Lyman (Mr. Jackman). Soon, Sondra finds that the romance of her life may well be the dangerous scoop she's looking for. --© Focus Features [More]

Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Woody Allen, Romola Garai

Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Woody Allen, Romola Garai, Jim Dunk, Ian McShane, James Nesbitt, Colin Salmon, Kevin McNally, Fenella Woolgar, Julian Glover, Victoria Hamilton, Anthony Head

Director: Woody Allen

Director: Woody Allen
Studio: Focus Features

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Gary Susman
Gary Susman
Boston Phoenix

Maybe Scoop wouldn't have sunk if Woody the costar were thrown overboard.... What once was a gifted comic's fluid improvisation is now a doddering old man so embarrassing he's uncomfortable to watch.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
07/27/06
Aaron Hillis
Aaron Hillis
Premiere Magazine

Woody -- enough with the one-liners.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
08/09/06
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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Reminiscent of the short humorous fiction Allen has written for the New Yorker in recent years. They're tortured parodies of his pieces from a few decades back.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
07/28/06
Arthur Salm
Arthur Salm
San Diego Union-Tribune

It not only lacks the verve and energy of Allen's best New York–based work, it feels culturally adrift, like some bewildered tourist trying to read a city map held upside down.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
07/25/06
Bill Gallo
Bill Gallo
Village Voice
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Allen's Ultimate Schlemiel, no matter what he's being called, Danny Rose, Alvy Singer, or Sid Waterman, is always the same pint-size, uncoordinated, misanthropic, befuddled Jewish intellectual.

Full Review Source: New York Theatre Wire | comment Comment
08/02/06
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
New York Theatre Wire

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

Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine | comment Comment
09/18/06
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Now Playing Magazine

Scoop suffers from the same problem as much of Allen’s recent work: Even when the witty banter clicks, it seems stale.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
07/27/06
Brian Clark
Brian Clark
Austin Chronicle

The plot fizzles even as the jokes sizzle.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Bruce Feld
Bruce Feld
Film Journal International

Too often the movie suffers from jokes that sound left over from Broadway Danny Rose, without the ironic sense of detachment.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
07/27/06
Bruce Newman
Bruce Newman
San Jose Mercury News
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Scoop feels like a tentative doodle in the general direction of Match Point, only chronologically reversed and more or less amusing.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
07/28/06
Carina Chocano
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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Cobbled together from memorable parts of Allen's own (not to mention Hitchcock's) classics, Scoop doesn't establish its own identity.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
07/27/06
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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I was hoping for a rich double scoop that would leave me with a big satisfied smile on my face, what I got was a single scoop that was sorta flavorless.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
07/28/06
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

If one of the best things one can say about a film is that it's funnier than Curse of the Jade Scorpion, that's not exactly a ringing endorsement.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
07/28/06
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

Scoop is worthwhile viewing for Allen's quips. Just don't expect much of a story.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
07/28/06
Claudia Puig
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