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Scoop

2006

Woody Allen

Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane ...

6.8

56,904

Comedy. Romance In Woody Allen’s new contemporary comedy, a student journalist (Scarlett Johansson) for a college paper visiting friends in London happens upon the scoop of a lifetime. Along the investigative trail, she finds magic, murder, mystery - and perhaps love, with a British aristocrat.

	Author	Review
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"Allen's funniest film in years (...) It's really, really funny. Not funny 'heh-heh', but laugh-out-loud funny"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"'Scoop' is no more than a beguiling trifle. But in the dog days of summer, it's a perk to wallow in inspired silliness (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Stephen Hunter The Washington Post	"'Scoop' is the worst movie Woody Allen has ever made."	NEG
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Allen amuses (...) 'Scoop' is worthwhile viewing for Allen's quips. Just don't expect much of a story (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Richard Corliss Time	"Woody Allen's new comedy-mystery is missing a couple of key ingredients: comedy and mystery"	NEG
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Not especially funny yet oddly appealing (...) [It] is positively slack, which turns out to be one of its virtues."	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Johansson is lovely as always, but why do Allen's onscreen foils always have to talk like him? (...) [Allen] has been stuck in minor for so long (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Tasha Robinson AV Club	"The film perpetually teeters on the edge between a functional vehicle and a train wreck, and whenever Allen opens his mouth, he pushes it violently in the latter direction."	NEG
United States	Keith Uhlich Slant	"[It shows] the increasingly uninteresting and profoundly disinterested mind of a filmmaker with nothing more to say (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG

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