Scoop

2006 Comedy

Both laughs and thrills are on the masthead in this comedy drama about a would-be reporter written and directed by Woody Allen. Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) is an American journalism student who travels to England to visit friends. While in London, she attends a magic show where magician Sid "Splendini" Waterman (Woody Allen) brings her on-stage as part of a trick in which he makes her disappear. However, while waiting to be "de-materialized," she's visited by the ghost of a murdered reporter (Ian McShane), who passes along the scoop of the decade. The spirit claims that Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman), the wealthy and handsome son of a well-known aristocrat, is leading a double life as "the Tarot Card Killer," a serial murderer who has been terrifying the nation and eluding police. With the magician's help, Jane begins investigating the story and is able to piece together some incriminating evidence against Lyman. However, the more she learns, the more dangerous her investigation becomes -- especially when she falls into a romance with the suspected killer. Scoop was Woody Allen's second consecutive film with leading lady Scarlett Johansson, after the critically acclaimed Match Point; it was also Allen's second feature to be shot in Great Britain. more..

Director: Woody Allen

Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane,Woody Allen, Charles Dance

Reviews

  • No more than a beguiling trifle. But in the dog days of summer, it's a perk to wallow in inspired silliness.

    Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

    27 April 2013

  • It's really, really funny.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    27 April 2013

  • An odd but agreeable little comedy.

    Joe Morgenstern - The Wall Street Journal

    27 April 2013

  • A light-hearted if ghostly murder mystery that for all the contemporary English locations feels like a 1930s studio film including a plot that bears little scrutiny. Along with the delectable Johansson, the film offers fun roles for Allen, Hugh Jackman and Ian McShane.

    Kirk Honeycutt - The Hollywood Reporter

    27 April 2013

  • Johansson is not Allen's new Diane Keaton. She's closer to Mariel Hemingway -- though even Allen couldn't attempt to pull off a romance between his septuagenarian self and a girl in college.

    Claudia Puig - USA Today

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)

    Goya Awards (2007)