Absolutely the worst movie.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls. Despite my absolute disgust about Woody Allen 'Scoop' was a nicely done and nicely written 'Crime, Mystery, Comedy' that rehases lots of different genres and a plot of 'who done it' and elevates from great perfomances from Hugh Jackman (X-Men: The Last Stand) and Scarlett Johansson (Match Point) but also even Allen himself and Ian McShane. There are flaws with the film for sure but it's one of Allen's best works to date and with a talented cast of actors like Jackman and Johansson the end result is more than just watchable. (7.5/10)

To stick with the journalistic theme of Woody Allen's 2006 film, Scoop, it seems pretty clear that Woody Allen was going for a fluff piece here, seemingly having fun with the material. Scoop works, for what it is and is a nice fun outing with the writer/director. With Scoop, we're in London again, with Scarlett Johansson, again, with a character communicating with the dead, again. Maybe I'm not doing a great job of selling it to you yet. Woody Allen can get by with repeating tropes because he does them so well. One doesn't care how believable it is that Scar Jo is getting leads for a story from a dead journalist because it is told in such an engaging way. With an opening reminiscent of Broadway Danny Rose, we see a table of journalists lamenting over a fellow reporter who recently passed away. The table discusses the means he would take to find a story and how desperately he would chase leads. The audience is also blessed with Woody Allen in a supporting role as a magician which was autobiographically fun considering Woody been interested in magic since he was a child. Scoop was a fantastically written film that followed Scarlett Johansson's character as she embroiled herself into a murder investigation all the while getting clues from her deceased side kick.People will talk about the surprise ending of Scoop, and rightly so, it's fantastic. Vengeance is achieved and the character you actually want to succeed does, and that's not common in a Woody Allen film. What stunned me the most, however, is that Woody Allen actually kills himself off in a film. Like Woody, I would like to achieve immortality, which is why no matter how fictional the circumstance I would never "kill myself off". I was stunned that Scoop actually led to Woody facing the grim reaper. That surprising aspect of Scoop ensured that I'd never forget it, the image still burned into my brain days later.

An American journalism student in London (Scarlett Jo) gets the scoop on a big story, and begins an affair with an English aristocrat who just may be a serial killer Director: Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen image1.jpegWoody's 2005 followup to last year's Xlnt Match Point Just came from seeing the latest Woody Allen-Scarlett Jo collaboration, "SCOOP". Well, he musta scooped this one up from the bottom of the barrel. Light fare, to say the least -- lighter than air on a Sunday afternoon in the Arizona desert. Scarlet --well, yeah --she's easy to look at, but she better look beyond Allen if she wants to get serious about her career. Jack Hughsome --or wuzzit Hugh Jackoff -- Good looking Aussie chap, but little or no screen charisma -- Woody obviously threw this plot together just so he could spend more time following Johansson's lovely little rump around the set for a few weeks. Supposedly a comedy, but I didn't find it very funny, and, except for the one scene with Scarlett in a skin-tight one-piece bathing suit emerging from a swimming pool -- pretty boring -- but, okay -- she's easy on the eyes. The film was so flimsy it was like Chinese takeout in the Jewish neighborhood -- fills you up for five minutes, then you're hungry again -- I actually felt so unsatisfied that I wanted to stay and see a real movie right afterward, but it was too late --as the Pushkin Theater was letting out for the night.

It has the funny Woody Allen schtick as the master plays a two bit magician who finds himself thrust into a murder mystery. Scarlet Johanssen plays a ditzy young journalism student who is looking for a story. Her hackney junk is going nowhere when a famous reporter, who has died, escape the boat to the underworld, and informs her that a well known, rich man, played by Hugh Jackman, is a notorious serial killer, the Tarot killer. He is so charming that she falls for him and sleeps with him. Meanwhile, Woody, who initially wants nothing to do with this case, becomes protective of the pretty young woman and continues the pursuit when she is no longer interested. This is not Allen's best work. There is no suspense to speak of and it is more of a format for one liners. Johanssen is stiff and not very believable as a character. The conclusion is not very interesting. I did like the death ship with all the people heading for the underworld. It reminded me of a much funnier movie, Love and Death, where Death become corporeal and visits Allen in prison.