Scoop (2007)

2007

96 mins

Directed by Woody Allen
41%
55%
15+
Comedy
Fantasy

The Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, London collaboration continues, from last year’s Match Point, in comedy-farce Scoop.

Sondra (Johansson)... More

The Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, London collaboration continues, from last year’s Match Point, in comedy-farce Scoop.

Sondra (Johansson) is an American journalism student visiting London. While attending the show of hack magician Sid Waterman (Allen), she is plucked as a volunteer from the audience. Whilst in the Sid’s magic box, Sondra is visited by a ghost – the deceased Joe Strombel (Ian McShane). Joe is convinced that handsome aristocrat Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman) is a serial killer. Considering this the break she’s been waiting for, Sondra enlists Sid to help her catch the killer & get the scoop.

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Scoop (2007) | Ratings & Reviews

41_%148 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
55_%70,264 reviews
Audience score rating
15+Age suitability
Children & Media rating

"It's really, really funny..."

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San Francisco Chronicle

"No more than a beguiling trifle. But in the dog days of summer, it's a perk to wallow in inspired silliness..."

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Rolling Stone

"Woody Allen reprises his Alvy Singer shtick in a pastiche of 50s screwball that is deeply unfunny..."

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New Zealand Herald

"A return to the light-hearted farce that Allen has often indulged himself with; the half-a-decent-idea movies that he trots out in and around the very good movies..."

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Lumiere Reader

"Scoop is about 50 minutes of plot padded with 40 minutes of Woody being Woody..."

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Film Threat

"Not vintage Woody, but he still has a few belly laughs left in him..."

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Empire Magazine

"Allen is at his stuttering, irritating, hammy worst as the nervous, bumbling magician who poses as Sondra's dad – surely the creepiest father-figure ever given his romantic history. His hamminess also seems to infect Jackman and Johansson, who start to stutter occasionally. One gets a disturbing feeling that Allen made this film and designed the plot so he could spend time with the luscious Miss Johansson..."

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