Review of Scoop (2006) by Larry Ratliff for San Antonio Express-News — 26 Jul 2006

Scoop manages some decent moments of frivolity. Allen can still play a bumbling goof when he puts his mind to it.

This review of Scoop (2006) was written by Larry Ratliff and published by San Antonio Express-News on 26 Jul 2006.

Scoop has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Beingryanjude (584) on 02 Sep 2014

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By Katy F (54) on 28 Jan 2014

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The guy is a serial killer like I play for the Jets…

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By Andrea S (358) on 02 Jan 2016

Easy, simple and nice. Woody always makes me smile…

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