Product reviewsScoop (DVD, 2006)

All that talent for a student film feeling?

Predictable outcome! Obvious plot! Tired performance style. Jackman is workmanlike in his role as elegant leading man. Johannson charms us with beguiling innocence. It's Allen who slows everything with schtick and silliness. Nothing surprising in the plot as it systematically moved to the 'reveal'. I'm very disappointed.Read full review...

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Blonde Kim Kardashian

I guess if you like Woody Allen, maybe it's an OK movie.
Otherwise...crap! Johansson is a lousy actress, and
must be banking on a broad butt and big boobs. It
certainly can't be her acting. Allen is just weird. Hugh
Jackman was only a minor part, and not up to his other
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Woody Allen is hilarious!

I like to refer to Woody Allen's humor as "sophisticated" as opposed to the typical "below the belt" sophomore humor of popular movies like Ricky Bobby etc. If you are put off by toilet jokes, farting, and just plain dumb comedies, then check this one out. It will have you laughing out loud. Woody is at his neurotic best and Scarlett Johanssen is great in this first ever comedic role for her. Their on-screen chemistry is classic. I have no complaints about this. It will remain in my library as a classic to be watched at least once a year!Read full review...

Scoop

I bought this movie because Hugh Jackman is one of my favorite actors and had never seen it. I really hate to say it, but the movie truly stunk. Hugh was his usual devilishly handsome self and did a good job in his role, but I thought the role itself was totally unbelievable for him. Overall, the whole plot, schematics of the character interactions, and the acting was very disappointing. Woody Allen was very funny, to his credit. I've never been a very big Woody Allen fan, but I actually thought he was about the best part of the movie.Read full review...

A delightfull movie

I recently became a hard core Scarlett Johannson Fan. This is the second film I have seen with her directed by Woody Allen. This is a comedy which Woody does so well. At first, I thought his presence in the film was superfluous. As the film progresses, he becomes more involved with the quest that Scarlett's character has embarked on. The two make a fumbling team of detective/ reporter types who mean to find out the truth behind a wealthy man who is possibly a murdered.The wealthy man played by Hugh Jackman, is ,on the surface ,a rather nice chap. A romance ensues between Scarlett's character and the suspect. We want there to be a happy ending, but all I will say without giving away the ending is that justice prevails.Read full review...

Sweetly Engaging, Ages Well

Like many Woody Allen films, this one had to percolate down through my consciousness before I wanted to own it. The plot, which hinges on the efforts of a murdered man's ghost to brings his murderers to justice through a student news reporter, is neatly balanced between fantasy and farce. Allen's sidelining himself from the romantic interest is nicely turned. While not in the class with his best films (cf. Hannah and Her Sisters, Annie Hall, Alice, etc.) it is a deftly turned bittersweet comedy, which I will continue to go back to. For me, even Allen's failures are more interesting than most directors' successes, and his range is phenomenal.

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Great

Good story line, good characters

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A fun time with Woody Allen

Humorous and mysterious.
Recommended to anyone who likes Woody Allen’s films.
DVD in very good condition!

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Awesome

Very awesome movie.Great plot & action.Well worth buying & viewing.

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Pass this one over...

A real dud, even with the big-name actors...this one is going straight to the thrift store bin!

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