The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)

  • 45% of critics liked it
    (124 reviews)

  • 51% of users liked it
    (16,106 ratings)

Writer and director Woody Allen returns to the Manhattan of the past with this romantic comedy set in 1940, the era of fedora hats and gumshoe detectives. Allen stars as C.W. Briggs, an insurance investigator whose razor-sharp instincts have just led to the successful conclusion of another case, the… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Woody Allen
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 24, 2001 Limited
Dreamworks

Critic Reviews

  • Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

    The movie has an odd feeling, both lush and listless. It's enough to make us believe Allen's comic batteries need recharging.

  • Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

    The romance between C.W. and Betty Ann doesn't have much ardor, repressed or otherwise.

  • Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

    Mid-level, pretty-but-not- hugely-funny Allen film.

  • David Edelstein, Slate

    It's evidently important to Allen to work, work, work, but he's starting to make his movies by rote instead of passion.

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    [Allen's] let his guard down and has allowed himself and his audience to relax -- something that doesn't often happen when the specters of class and European art hover over his pictures.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Tony G


    Bad story and abysmal chemistry curse this luster-less dog.

  • Jennifer X


    Despite Woody reportedly having hated this film, I actually kinda liked it. It's entertaining enough, witty enough, jazzy enough, and fun enough to merit a second watch. Even though Woody and Helen Hunt have absolutely zero chemistry together. The ending was quite fun.

  • Jens S


    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… More

  • Arash X


    Fun and refreshing with so many cute & smart lines, The ending is terrible though

  • Alice S


    Not the best Woody Allen. Loved Helen Hunt but her delivery of the long, bitter diatribes got slightly stale. Charlize Theron was surprisingly, devoid of sexuality; her attempt to channel the sophisticated disdain of 1940s Lauren Bacall sounded rushed and self-consciously bored.

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