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.
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03/09/07
Scoop (1987)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:2
Rotten:4
Average Rating:4.4/10
Synopsis: British wildlife journalist William Boot (Michael Maloney from "Truly, Madly, Deeply") is mistaken for a foreign correspondent and sent to an East African country on the brink of war. Through a... [More]
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Nicola Pagett, Michael Maloney
Reviews for Scoop
1 - 6 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticWhat was surprising, however, was how sloppily it had been put together and how many holes there were in the story.
11/28/06
Scoop is reminiscent of several of Woody Allen's films, but in a strange way, it harks back to films that were neither great nor lousy -- and like those films, it is an enjoyable diversion.
08/31/06
With "Scoop," his newest 'comedy,' Allen has once again proven that he doesn't give a damn about the audience by recycling familiar and lazy material in his signature self-indulgent style.
08/10/06
Last year's Match Point marked a surprising return to vital filmmaking form for Woody Allen, but that movie had the distinct advantage of not being a comedy.
07/30/06
The actual murder mystery often takes a back seat to the comedy and drives to a rather predictable end, but it is the getting there that is all the fun.
07/29/06
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