The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)

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• 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
  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.

• 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.

• Tsubaki S

  
  Woody is rusted already, he should seriously consider retirement.

• Mouhannad S

  
  This movie was enjoyable and funny... but not that great .

• Juli R

  
  This may not be the best Woody Allen, but I enjoyed this romantic comedy set in 1940. The burnished colours and the styling of the female leads are terrific. A pleasure to look at. I would have liked CW not to fall short to Betty Ann--he should be infallible, wittier than she. Falls a… More
  This may not be the best Woody Allen, but I enjoyed this romantic comedy set in 1940. The burnished colours and the styling of the female leads are terrific. A pleasure to look at. I would have liked CW not to fall short to Betty Ann--he should be infallible, wittier than she. Falls a bit short.

• alan j

  
  A rather mediocre Woody Allen film; most of the acting seems contrived and the pace tends to drag. The one redeeming feature is the dialogue--- there are some genuine laugh out loud moments with the conversations and snappy retorts as usual. The interactions between Hunt, Theron and… More
  A rather mediocre Woody Allen film; most of the acting seems contrived and the pace tends to drag. The one redeeming feature is the dialogue--- there are some genuine laugh out loud moments with the conversations and snappy retorts as usual. The interactions between Hunt, Theron and Allen just seem to be manufactured and are missing the chemistry Allen had with Keaton. "Manhattan Murder Mystery" is a superiior film.

• Sunil J

  
  Dull. One of Woody Allen's lesser films.

• Marcus W

  
  There's a brilliant idea hidden within this film but it's never unveiled. Instead, Allen spends so much time working on his banter with Hunt (who is pretty good in this) that he completely misses the potential for something special. If he had focussed as much on the story as… More
  There's a brilliant idea hidden within this film but it's never unveiled. Instead, Allen spends so much time working on his banter with Hunt (who is pretty good in this) that he completely misses the potential for something special. If he had focussed as much on the story as he does on the script, he might have added a subplot or two and really raised this film.

• Marion R

  
  It was okay, a fun watch.

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