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  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary In Woody Allen's new contemporary comedy, an American journalism student (Johansson) visiting friends in London happens upon the scoop of a lifetime. Along the investigative trail, she finds magic, murder, mystery - and perhaps love, with a British aristocrat (Jackman). (Focus Features)

Directed By: Woody Allen

Written By: Woody Allen

  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 36 m

Scoop

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 35 Critic Reviews
48
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 57 User Ratings
6.3
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Summary In Woody Allen's new contemporary comedy, an American journalism student (Johansson) visiting friends in London happens upon the scoop of a lifetime. Along the investigative trail, she finds magic, murder, mystery - and perhaps love, with a British aristocrat (Jackman). (Focus Features)

Directed By: Woody Allen

Written By: Woody Allen

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 35 Critic Reviews
48
31% Positive
11 Reviews
49% Mixed
17 Reviews
20% Negative
7 Reviews

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Mixed or Average Based on 35 Critic Reviews
48
31% Positive
11 Reviews
49% Mixed
17 Reviews
20% Negative
7 Reviews

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83
The film is a pleasure that doesn't rank with Allen's best but satisfies far more than most American comedies.
By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW
70
An odd but agreeable little comedy.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
60
The rapport between Allen and Johansson (pretending to be father and daughter) is lively, and the variations on the same old jokes are plentiful.
By Carina Chocano FULL REVIEW
50
Scoop is distinctly minor Allen, with less weight to it than one of his old humor doodles in The New Yorker.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
50
A companion piece to "Match Point" that suffers all the more in comparison.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
38
When Allen revives his plodding "Manhattan Murder Mystery" as the even duller Scoop, I snore.
By Lawrence Toppman FULL REVIEW
30
The direction is lazy and the script thoroughly witless, from its token Bergman references to dialogue that suggests a night in borscht-belt hell.
By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 57 User Ratings
6.3
53% Positive
30 Ratings
33% Mixed
19 Ratings
14% Negative
8 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 57 User Ratings
6.3
53% Positive
30 Ratings
33% Mixed
19 Ratings
14% Negative
8 Ratings

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Production Company BBC Film, Ingenious Film Partners, Phoenix Wiley, Jelly Roll Productions
Release Date Jul 28, 2006
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline The perfect man. The perfect story. The perfect murder.
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Awards

Goya Awards
• 1 Nomination
Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra
• 1 Nomination

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