Review of Scoop (2006) by Kate M — 03 Mar 2009

This was so much fun! Once you get around the fact that it's supposed to be a comedy, and isn't taking itself seriously (and I should have got that from the second scene where Ian McShane is travelling down the River Styx trying to bribe Charon!), it was really enjoyable to watch! It was like Woody Allen doing a Scooby Doo adventure!

Scarlett & Hugh were very cute together, and it was a bit annoying when you found out he really was the killer because it spoiled all that! I can't quite decide if Scarlett is any good at comedy or not - she definitely had some hilarious lines, but that was all Woody (who was his usual twittery gibbery self!).

The great thing about Woody Allen in London movies is you get so many random cameos, too - like Mr Giles turning up as a policeman at the end, and then I hadn't even realised Mark Heap was in it, and had to rewind and watch his little reach-over-to-eat-some-pic'n'mix and you'll miss it scene!

Lots of fun... I actually liked this more than VCB which I watched later that day!