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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025193121325
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 21, 2006
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 8525
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Description:
Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman star in this hilariously twisted tale of murder and mystery. When an inquisitive college journalist (Johansson) stumbles upon new clues to a string of murders, her investigation leads directly to a handsome businessman (Jackman), who draws her in with his mysterious charm. Could a whirlwind romance with the subject of her search also become the most dangerous scoop of a lifetime? Experience the laughs in this witty new comedy that will have you guessing until the very end.
Amazon.com:
Light and charming, Scoop blends murder, ghosts, and falling in love. While inside of a magician's magic cabinet, aspiring journalist Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation) is visiting by the ghost of a dead reporter (Ian McShane, Deadwood) who has gotten a hot tip in the afterlife: A rising young politician named Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman, X-Men) may be the notorious serial killer who leaves tarot cards by his victims. With the magician (writer-director Woody Allen) in tow, Sondra sneaks her way into Lyman's life--and, despite increasing evidence that the tip is true, finds herself falling in love with him. Scoop is stronger than Allen's last film, the overrated Match Point; moment to moment, scene to scene, it's his most zippy and entertaining movie in years. It still suffers from laziness--Allen seems unwilling to look at the plot's holes and find a way to sew them up--and Allen's own persona, with his now-rote comic stutterings and hesitations, drags on the film's momentum. Despite this, Scoop has flashes of suspense and wit that, in an unknown filmmaker, would be cause for celebration. Also featuring Charles Dance (White Mischief) and Romola Garai (I Capture the Castle), one of the few actresses who can compete with Johansson in lusciousness. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Waiting for it to end or for Woody Allen to stop mumbling...
Okay. Woody Allen's character ruins the movie. I know that's not the "popular thing to say" because many of Woody Allen's movies are wonderful but if I had to listen through him stuttering through his words for one more second, I was going to hang myself. I didn't even watch the end... I was too frusterated...
Rating: - What Have I Missed Here?
I had to give up on this movie 30 minutes into it, which is upsetting, considering I paid over $10 for a movie I lost interest in after the first 5 minutes.I totally agree with some of the other reviews, which indicated disappointment in Woody Allen's using the same old shtick for his own character.But I was also disappointed in Scarlett Johansen's portrayal, as I found it flat and almost uncomfortable.
If you are intent on seeing "Scoop", I would recommend renting it, if you can ... Read More
Rating:  - Underrated
Even third rate Allen is a few notches funnier than the best dreck Hollywood offers, and all Allen films get better with successive viewings. This tale- a bit over an hour and a half, uses several key themes in the Allen canon- sex, deceit, lies, murder, and magic, and also has much in common with 1993's underrated Manhattan Murder Mystery, his terrific 1984 film, Broadway Danny Rose- perhaps his best straight comedy, and some of 1989's Oedipus Wrecks- from the New York Stories trilogy film Allen ... Read More
Rating:  - Back to Basics
It is certainly hard to believe that Woody Allen has been creating films for over a generation - the mind boggles at the extent of his entire body of work. There isn't a filmmaker out there one could say has hit the mark every time, and Allen isn't an exception. His last serious film, Match Point, had mixed reviews as most of Allen's non-comedic films do, however the dialogue was truly excellent and the ending quite ruthless. In a word, one of his latest projects, Scoop, is a gem. The jokes are non ... Read More
Rating: - It's like half a movie...
I will attest to the fact that I did not expect anything more than a passing good time walking into `Scoop', although I was hoping for more.I got what I expected and so for that I am thankful.Regardless of the bad reviews it received upon it's release, `Scoop' has a lot going for it (not the least of which is Johansson's comedic timing) and while it does not stack up to Allen's previous `Match Point' (how anyone can say that `Match Point' is overrated is beyond me when it's lack of a Best Picture ... Read More
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