Scoop (2006)
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39% of critics liked it
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54% of users liked it
(69,067 ratings)
Both laughs and thrills are on the masthead in this comedy drama about a would-be reporter written and directed by Woody Allen. Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) is an American journalism student who travels to England to visit friends. While in London, she attends a magic show where magician Sid… More Both laughs and thrills are on the masthead in this comedy drama about a would-be reporter written and directed by Woody Allen. Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) is an American journalism student who travels to England to visit friends. While in London, she attends a magic show where magician Sid "Splendini" Waterman (Woody Allen) brings her on-stage as part of a trick in which he makes her disappear. However, while waiting to be "de-materialized," she's visited by the ghost of a murdered reporter (Ian McShane), who passes along the scoop of the decade. The spirit claims that Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman), the wealthy and handsome son of a well-known aristocrat, is leading a double life as "the Tarot Card Killer," a serial murderer who has been terrifying the nation and eluding police. With the magician's help, Jane begins investigating the story and is able to piece together some incriminating evidence against Lyman. However, the more she learns, the more dangerous her investigation becomes -- especially when she falls into a romance with the suspected killer. Scoop was Woody Allen's second consecutive film with leading lady Scarlett Johansson, after the critically acclaimed Match Point; it was also Allen's second feature to be shot in Great Britain. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Woody Allen
- Genres
- Romance, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jul 28, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- Focus Features
Critic Reviews
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Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Nestled as it is amid the clamor of the late-summer blockbusters, it's the kind of small pleasure that can make you feel intensely grateful.
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Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Woody -- enough with the one-liners.
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Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
It's full of funny lines and clever inventions.
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Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
The result is decidedly minor Woody, and unlike Match Point, far from essential.
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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Scoop. It's a tired, thin, almost laughless reminder of the earlier Allen.
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Cast
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Woody Allen
as Sid Waterman
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Hugh Jackman
as Peter Lyman
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Scarlett Johansson
as Sondra Pransky
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Ian McShane
as Joe Strombel
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Charles Dance
as Mr. Malcolm
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Romola Garai
as Vivian
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Fenella Woolgar
as Jane Cook
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Julian Glover
as Lord Lyman
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Victoria Hamilton
as Jan
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Margaret Tyzack
as Sid's Co-Passenger






