{"id":14430,"date":"2007-06-03T14:30:52","date_gmt":"2007-06-03T18:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=14430"},"modified":"2007-06-03T14:30:52","modified_gmt":"2007-06-03T18:30:52","slug":"scoop-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/03\/scoop-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Scoop (2006)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After the painfully overrated \u201cMatch Point,\u201d I was basically ready to welcome anything else that Allen could offer us. Sadly, going out of New York and onto the UK for his comedy thrillers has worked against Allen, and he\u2019s pretty out of his element, as it becomes apparent with \u201cScoop.\u201d All essence of genius and life is gone, and every one liner that Allen hurls our way manages to fall flatter and flatter to the point where it becomes rather pathetic. Especially when you consider the fact he’s now resorted to remaking his own movies, with “Scoop” being a loose remake of “Manhattan Murder Mystery.”<\/p>\n

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It hurts him also that he has the wretched Scarlett Johansson teaming with him, a woman who couldn\u2019t even muster up life in \u201cMatch Point.\u201d This second effort tin the English territories is much brighter and quicker than the previous, and Allen attempts to revisit the stories of \u201cThe Thin Man\u201d by featuring two folks who are forced to investigate a millionaire they suspect is a serial killer. Her character is often obnoxious and rather irritating to watch, while she fails to catch up with Allen who tries anxiously to create chemistry between the two. But he fails and instead creates what I can describe as two numbskulls running around for ninety minutes trying to unveil a mystery that simply isn\u2019t interesting enough.<\/p>\n

And worst of all, the actual talents of the film are horribly wasted, with Ian McShane appearing for a small period of time, along with Hugh Jackman who is almost passable when you consider the importance he plays in the film\u2019s premise. Allen sets down on Johansson also failing to build a sexy geek with her round Thelma glasses, and charisma, but she\u2019s so darn unlikable, we really don\u2019t care how she looks. \u201cScoop\u201d has an utterly goofy climax that fails on every aspect, and really lacks the punch Allen\u2019s past films had when he teamed with actually talented actresses and created something called chemistry. Trust me, I know chemistry, and what we see on-screen isn\u2019t it. It’s very rare that I say this, but “Scoop” is probably one of the most annoying Woody Allen movies I’ve ever seen. “Scoop” is a poor man’s Woody Allen concoction with irritating characters, poor performances, and a mystery lacking, well, mystery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the painfully overrated \u201cMatch Point,\u201d I was basically ready to welcome anything else that Allen could offer us. Sadly, going out of New York and onto the UK for his comedy thrillers has worked against Allen, and he\u2019s pretty out of his element, as it becomes apparent with \u201cScoop.\u201d All essence of genius and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[111,219,240,302,349,696,703,874,885,1201],"class_list":["post-14430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-arthouse","tag-comedy","tag-crime","tag-drama","tag-fantasy","tag-murder","tag-mystery","tag-romance","tag-s","tag-woody-allen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}