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Scoop (2006)

Woody Allen , Scarlett Johansson , Woody Allen  |  PG-13 |  DVD
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (133 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane, Alexander Armstrong
  • Directors: Woody Allen
  • Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: Universal Studios
  • DVD Release Date: November 21, 2006
  • Run Time: 96 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (133 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000IU37SO
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,308 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Scoop" on IMDb

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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

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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.

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars I was surprised by how charming I found this story to be February 18, 2008
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Frankly, for me Woody Allen had become as pleasure long past his sell by date. However, I happened to catch this movie when flipping around and watched the rest of it and then caught the whole film at a later viewing. I liked it! No, it isn't a great film, but it is a delightful light entertainment.

Scarlett Johansson plays Sondra Pransky, a young, somewhat ditzy but earnest reporter for her college newspaper. She is in London visiting a wealth upper crust friend and staying with her family. We also learn that she has (as Woody Allen's character notes later) a problem with promiscuity. For example, when trying to get an interview with a big time movie producer who has no intention of telling her anything, all she comes away with is a hangover and an embarrassing story of being outwitted.

We also get to see a barge load of souls headed to the land of the departed engaging in the kind of idle conversation you might expect from the newly dead. A secretary tells a reporter that she knows who the Tarot Card Killer is. The reporter, Joe Strombel (Ian McShane) asks her how she would know that. She says that she noticed something about her boss's cufflinks and told someone about it over the phone, but she had hear a click on the line and suspected someone was listening. She notes that she was dead by that afternoon and suspected poison. Her boss is the millionaire son of a Lord, Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman) and Strombel is determined to not let such a story pass and slips off the barge to swim back towards the land of the living.

While attending a magic show by "The Great Splendini", Sondra gets selected to enter the "dematerializer" so she will disappear and then reappear as her molecules are agitated.
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27 of 32 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best comedies of the year. September 23, 2006
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Sondra Prensky (Scarlett Johansson), a college journalist, encounters big-time journalist Joe Strombel's (Ian McShane) spirit. He proceeds to giving her information that could mean the biggest scoop of his life, pertaining to aristocrat Peter Lyman(Hugh Jackman) and the Tarot Card murders. With his advice, and the help of magician Sid Waterman (Woody Allen), she starts the investigation against Peter, but (predictably) falls in love with him. Is he the Tarot-card killer? Is she in any mortal danger?

I've always been a huge fan of Woody Allen, even though he's been in a little bit of a slump lately which he seems to have gotten out of since Match Point, so this might be biased.
This does resemble some of his earlier work, such as Manhattan Murder Mystery, so it might not seem very original. But they were done so long ago that putting a modern spin to his genre works.

With that in mind, I absolutely LOVED Scoop. I'd say it was one of the best adult, smart, comedies (although comedy-mystery seems more appropriate) of 2006, joining the ranks of Little Miss Sunshine and Thank You For Smoking.
I thought the casting and the acting was on-pitch. Scarlett Johansson is competely believable as a young (and dare I say sometimes dorky) college journalist. Hugh Jackman was great, as it has come to be expected. And while I've never been huge on Woody Allen acting in his movies, here it works out great and he turns out to be actually quite endearing. I thought his performance was great and completely in tune with the tone of the movie, and here he's hilarious, and I loved his sense of humor. But I especially liked the beginning when you see him doing magic tricks on stage as Splendini.

This is a movie I'd definitely recommend.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A very entertaining, very funny, and very fun film October 21, 2006
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Woody Allen seemed to be losing it at the start of the twenty-first century. The films he released around that time (THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION, SMALL TIME CROOKS, etc.) failed to make a lasting (or for that matter positive) impression on audiences. In 2004 he enjoyed something of a comeback with MELINDA AND MELINDA before bursting back on the scene with his thrilling masterwork MATCH POINT. Now he's back to whip up another slice of cinema greatness, and this is a slice considerably sweeter than (though not as classy as) MATCH POINT. This is SCOOP, one of the most delightful romantic comedies of the year.

SCOOP revolves around Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson), an American college student eyeing a career in journalism. While vacationing in England with a friend, she visits a magic show run by the timid Sid Waterman (Woody Allen). Sid decides to use Sondra in a magic trick involving a box from which Sondra will supposedly disappear. Instead of disappearing, Sondra watches as famous - and recently diseased - journalist Joe Strombel (Ian McShane) appears. Joe gives Sondra a tip on who may be the notorious "Tarot Card Killer" before vanishing into thin air. Now it's up to Sondra, along with incompetent magician Sid, to follow a lead from a dead journalist and investigate the man who may be a vicious serial killer: irresistible (and rich) bachelor Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman).

SCOOP is a compelling and thoroughly entertaining picture. It's not an unforgettable film, nor one that could be considered a moviemaking milestone. Much of the film's charm comes from the fact that it doesn't try to be. What it does try to be is a witty, entertaining, fun and funny mystery film, and that's exactly what it is.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Recommend
This is one of my favorite Woody Allen movies. It's entertaining for all audiences; even my 92 year old grandmother, who would prefer Bing Crosby or John Wayne, got a kick out of... Read more
Published 11 days ago by Andrew Kontak
5.0 out of 5 stars One of His Best
This is one of Woody Allen's better films; I really enjoyed his magician character and how it played in the story. Read more
Published 16 days ago by Sherri Clark
4.0 out of 5 stars Tons of fun
Great cast, with a fun and clever plot. Beautiful photography, with great shots of England. The usual problem of the actors acting like Woody Allen, but less obnoxious than in many... Read more
Published 18 days ago by Leslie
3.0 out of 5 stars light hearted comedy
but not in the regular Woody Allen style such as Match Point or Vicky Christina Barcelona, Woody should stay out of his movies, I find him a terribly dull actor, still entertaining... Read more
Published 19 days ago by N. janus
1.0 out of 5 stars nonsense
gave this movie plenty of chance but it's total nonsense - it misses something important. complete waste of time - thank god for fast forward.
Published 3 months ago by Reza Ganjavi
3.0 out of 5 stars Cute Film
I liked the movie but expected more.Have to love Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansen or Hugh Jackman to like the movie. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Gidget Monroe
3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not Woody Allen's greatest.
Predictable, but fun. Not bad, but not Woody Allen's greatest. Pretty actors (well, except Woody). Would recommend for light viewing.
Published 3 months ago by J. V. Francescato
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, Clever, and Entertaining
This movie is great because it has something for everyone. It's a comedy, murder mystery, love story, and quirky movie all carefully put together like a puzzle. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Shan
1.0 out of 5 stars horrible movie
I did not like this movie. While the idea might have been ok, the terrible writing and delivery made it unbelievable and honestly quite boring. Read more
Published 4 months ago by S. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars DVD movie
Good movie, arrived on time in good shape, reasonable price, no problems, and I like being able to track the package.
Published 4 months ago by E. Browning
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