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With The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Woody Allen pays another visit to his idealized past, and his retro blend of humor and nostalgia will surely satisfy the filmmaker's most loyal fans. Like <...( read more 
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MCT:August 22, 2008Good opportunity to see Helen Hunt and Woody Allen together. Howerver, Allen is not a funny as in other films.
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MCT:August 5, 2008
Woody Allen's visit to the detective movies of the 30s is full of hilarious and witty dialoges. Especially how his own insurance investigator character battles Helen Hunt's with words and her responses alone are pleasure to watch. The main idea of people committing robberies under hypnosis is really fun and Allen manages to entertain in every minute, also thanks to a cast of really good names. The movie is breathing nostalgia for those old days in every minute, it doesn't even try to be more than that. Some might find that unexciting and the lack of a showdown actually is. The humor more than makes up for it. Still fun for as long as it lasts.
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MCT:August 2, 2008A fantastic Woody Allen movie. I think the classic movies of woody are much better then these new like mach point or Cassandra?s dream.
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MCT:June 12, 2008Woody Allen se puso frente a las cámaras en The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (E.U., 2001), una de sus comedias más subvaloradas de los últimos años. Mucho del rechazo hacia esta revisión paródica de géneros clásicos, que han sido siempre del gusto del realizador neoyorkino, como el film-noir y los relatos hard-boiled detectivescos de los 1940-1950, es que Allen no pretende hacer otra cosa más que divertir y divertirse, con una historia sencilla, sin complicaciones en su realización y rodeado de un irreprochable y eficiente reparto.
Tampoco existe el retrato romántico de la ciudad de Nueva York (clásico en el realizador), pero sí un Allen transfiriendo sus habituales tics, neurosis y verborrea imparable en un detective de policia, C.W. Briggs, experto investigador al que no le ha fallado ningún caso, pero que sufre de una adicción a las carreras de caballos. Es como una mezcla del Philip Marlowe con Groucho Marx (con menos bigote), cuya aparente seguridad se ve perturbada cuando su jefe (Dan Aykroyd) le imponga a una atractiva asesora y asistente, Betty Ann (Helen Hunt, notable), con mucha de la seguridad de una Katharine Hepburn en sus primeros filmes.
Pero Allen juega una carta más, la de introducir un elemento fantástico: un mago -nada excéntrico- que recurre a sus poderes hipnóticos para poder utilizar al nada infalible C.W. y a Betty Ann, destinados a odiarse e insultarse todo el tiempo, para llevar a cabo sus maléficos planes. Tomando en cuenta la habitual musicalización jazzística y un admirable diseño de producción de su infaltable colaborador, Santo Loquasto, el resultado es una comedia ligera de un Allen incansable, sin duda menor, pero muy disfrutable. En los duelos verbales que sostiene con Helen Hunt, Woody tiene sus mejores momentos, hasta un final que, a pesar de no ser el mejor ni el más logrado, no deja con mal sabor de boca, sobre todo al ver a nuestro héroe retirarse sin las manos vacías. Claro, mientras nadie le diga la palabra mágica ?Constantinopla?, las cosas irán bien.
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MCT:June 2, 2008Sharp, funny, well written dialouge drives this film on, and is helped out greatly by a wonderful cast of characters. Excellent film.
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MCT:April 17, 2008The worst Woody Allen film, "Jade Scorpion" is a complete mess. Helen Hunt is laughable and her lines can`t save her from the ridiculous. The dark photography makes things worse. The only thing worth watching in the movie is the presence of Charlize Theron but that`s not enough for a Woody Allen film. "Jade Scorpion" is a big stain over Allen`s excellent filmography.
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MCT:April 5, 2008
Woody Allen est tout sauf crédible dans le rôle de CW Briggs, un vieil enquêteur à qui l'on serait encore supposé d'accorder un certain prestige. Ce qui sauve le film, c'est probablement la certaine originalité du dénouement (bien qu'il soit assez mal traité) et la performance de Helen Hunt qui est assurément l'un de mes coups de coeur du film et qui apporte un peu de fraîcheur dans l'univers Allen.
Autrement, les blagues sont assez mauvaises; c'est une comédie bas-de-gamme à peine suffisante pour passer un bon moment et qui s'est vendue sous le sceau de Woody Allen. -
MCT:February 15, 2008
Simple plot when you think about it but still better than Everyone Says I Love You (any Woody Allen film over that one, any day). Not as memorable as Annie Hall or Manhattan and probably one of his lesser works. The one good thing I can say about his movies, I can always trust the script to have quality.
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MCT:February 11, 2008
Woody Allen describes this movie as one of his failures. Am I crazy to disagree with a genius over one of his own works? Let's find out.
Now, this isn't Annie Hall by any means. This is, again, one of his zanier premises. I'd put this one closer to Sleeper than I would Manhattan (although that, too, is a stretch). Here's the beef I have with the movie first.
The first act is pretty dull. The stylized performances take a while to get used to, especially from Dan Aykroyd and Elisabeth Berkeley, but eventually they grow on you. Also, the movie is kind of dry until the inciting incident.
But once the premise is revealed --zaniness. Pure, unadulterated zaniness. If you take the movie to be a product of silliness and bizarre circumstance, you'll probably have a good time. The 1940's setting is just to get you in the mood for an old timey pulp novel, but it's kind of fun to see Woody out of his contemporary Manhattan locale. Heck, some of my favorite movies are the ones that are slightly more higher concept (Sleeper, Love and Death, Alice, Shadows and Fog). At the end of the day, this one doesn't really match up to those, but is a good time nonetheless.
The aspect that really saves this movie is Allen's interaction with Helen Hunt. I'm not a big Helen Hunt fan. Heck, I don't even have an opinion on the woman. But some of her banter is just absolutely priceless and I think she pulls it off very cooly. It's also refreshing to see Charlize Theron in such an over-the-top role. It's a heck of an idea to think that she's a comedienne. I've really jumped on board the Charlize train once I saw her on Arrested Development. But this was a very fun outing for her. Sure, it doesn't seem like playing a sexy, horny bombshell would be hard for someone like Theron, but she's got spunk to pull it off.
Yes, it's a silly movie. If you are looking for a lot of substance, you aren't going to find it here. If you are looking for a cool spoof on the pulp genre, you'll only be mildly amused. But if you want just a good time that's not going to stick with you forever, you'll probably get that with The Curse of the Jade Scorpion. -
MCT:December 11, 2007
When Woody Allen movies don't work they are just falt out horrible. Hard to think of a time that got as bad as thus time. Watch Annie Hall or Sweet and Lowdown and remember the good times.
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MCT:November 20, 2007Most likely only Woody Allen movie I've fully watched, and it were great. Loved the story and how they did act under the hypnoze..
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MCT:October 5, 2007
I told you I liked Allen's work. This one is not as neurotic as those he usually puts out. More of a story about a crook than about mental illness. Liked it!
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MCT:August 11, 2007
Ah, Woody Allen, you are amazing. This plot in most people's hands would be stupid and full of completely lame gags. It's not terribly original, you can see the plot coming a mile away... and yet it manages to be a thoroughly entertaining movie, even if it does have a moment or two of cheesiness. Very funny throughout, as well as being a nice tribute to detective movies and romantic comedies of the 40s. Certainly not his best but fun to watch!
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MCT:June 6, 2007
CW Briggs, el rey de los investigadores de seguros de Nueva York en 1940 -o cuanto menos eso es lo que no cesa de decirle a la nueva experta en eficiencia de la empresa, Betty Ann Fitzgerald. Briggs hace alarde de ser capaz de arruinar cualquier treta de seguros penetrando en la mente del malhechor, pero ahora, debido a los poderes hipnóticos del Escorpión de Jade, es la mente de un malhechor la que penetra en Briggs.
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MCT:May 29, 2007
nice homage and send-up to the guy-girl movies of the 40's....he's gotta quit casting himself as the protagonist, though. Woody: NOBODY'S BUYING THE 70-30 ROMANCES.....go seduce another teeenager.
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MCT:April 24, 2007
I absolutely loved this one. Helen Hunt is wonderful in it and the costumes and time period are perfect.
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MCT:April 23, 2007
i really liked the part of the «villain» played by helen hunt, i think she was terrific. the story was interesting, and greatly captures the 1940's. you can't go wrong with allen!
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MCT:April 14, 2007
Not Woody's finest moment...but you know, I still liked it. One of those if you like Woody Allen movies. Not one of those, even if you don't like Woody Allen movies.
When he makes great films, almost nobody beats him, when he makes this kind of stuff, you just kind of pat him on the back and say, thanks man! Thanks for showing up today! -
MCT:March 18, 2007
Another original film filled with Woody Allen's sharp dialogue. He's not the world's greatest actor but a brilliant comedian and director.
This one may not go to history, but it's a very good film anyway! -
MCT:February 28, 2007
I really like this film, although I know most people don't. Once again, Woody is great at writing dialogue and he is a masterful director.
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MCT:July 6, 2006Zip.ca rental of The Curse of the Jade Scorpion. Part of my quest to see all of Woody Allen's films.
I don't have much to say. I lost interest after the first 20 minutes. It just wasn't interesting. I am also NOT a fan of Helen Hunt, I don't think her performances differ from one another.
The Opinion: Dull.
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