Review of Scoop (1996) by Charlie M — 23 Feb 2015

This movie feels 3 separate stories shoehorned into one. None of these elements work together. The journalist's ghost reaching out to a young investigator is interesting, but piling on her getting romantically involved with a suspected serial killer and a dopey magician makes this a complete and total mess. By the end it drags along with implied tension, but nothing actually feels life-threatening. I'll give credit to the witty twist of the last 5 minutes, but it's all rathe flat.

Had he given the intense Ian McShane, the deceptively charming Hugh Jackman and the delightful Charles Dance their own film together it would've been a more intriguing, but sadly the lead characters are the childish Johansen & cartoonish Allen.