Rating: PG
Genre:
Mystery
Theatrical Release: 07/28/2006(USA
Release Date: 11/10/2009
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
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.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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