Scoop

Year: 2006

Grade: D+

Country: USA

Director: Allen

Review

relatively uninteresting woody allen flick. the premise is that a great reporter gets the scoop of his career and goes back to the physical world to help amateur reporter johannsen crack the case. it has none of the thoughtfulness of match point or the comic brilliance of annie hall or creativity of bananas. as seemingly interesting as the main idea is, it doesn’t even have the novelty of melinda and melinda. scarlett johannsen does her usual pouty lip acting routine. she’s supposed to be funny in a highstrung sort of way, but she comes off as stupid and she overacts at almost every opportunity. there were a few laughs, but not many and the plot was fairly simplistic. it was (rightly) pointed out in one review that there were references to hitchcock’s “notorious” (the wine cellar scene) and “suspicion” (the whole doubting your significant other element). throwaway ending.

Watched in theater