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Genre :

Comedy, Romance

Release Date :

July 28, 2006 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Woody Allen

Starring :

Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Woody Allen, Ian McShane, James Nesbitt, Colin Salmon, Kevin McNally

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

1.5 of 4

“..in many ways, ``Scoop'' is ``Match Point'' turned on its head and played for laughs..”
by Bruce Newman [San Jose Mercury News]
3 of 5

“..amusing and pleasant..”
by Michael Janusonis [The Providence Journal]
Review rate : C

“..Allen's latest failed attempt to regain comic form..”
by Michael Sragow [The Baltimore Sun]
“..a mostly limp murder-mystery comedy..”
by Steve Schneider [Orlando Weekly]
“..a modest but strenuous diversion in the mode of his "Manhattan Murder Mystery" (1993)..”
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
“..A fluffy, fatally implausible farce..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 4

“..a fairly negligible entry in the Allen canon..”
by Tim Knihgt [Reel]
Review rate : C+
Reviewed by Ryan Piccirillo [The Cinema Source]
Review rate : C
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Duane Dudek [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Carina Chocano [Los Angeles Times]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Roger Ebert [Chicago Sun-Times]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Keith Uhlich [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic]
Reviewed by Todd McCarthy [Variety]
Reviewed by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Reviewed by Jonathan Rosenbaum [Chicago Reader]
Reviewed by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
Reviewed by Lee Gardner [Baltimore City Paper]
Reviewed by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

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