Woody Allen,
Dan Aykroyd,
Helen Hunt,
Elizabeth Berkley,
John Schuck
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Writer and director Woody Allen returns to the Manhattan of the past with this romantic comedy set in 1940, the era of fedora hats and gumshoe detectives. Allen stars as C.W. Briggs, an insurance inve... read more
Directed by: Woody Allen
Release Date: August 24, 2001
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Woody Allen ,
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DVD Release Date: January 29, 2002
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July 9, 2009Despite Woody reportedly having hated this film, I actually kinda liked it. It's entertaining enough, witty enough, jazzy enough, and fun enough to merit a second watch. Even though Woody and Helen Hunt have absolutely zero chemistry together. The ending was quite fun.
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August 5, 2008Woody Allen's visit to the detective movies of the 30s is full of hilarious and witty dialoges. Especially how his own insurance investigator character battles Helen Hunt's with words and her responses alone are pleasure to watch. The main idea of people committing robberies unde... read more
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August 2, 2008Fun and refreshing with so many cute & smart lines, The ending is terrible though
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June 3, 2008Not the best Woody Allen. Loved Helen Hunt but her delivery of the long, bitter diatribes got slightly stale. Charlize Theron was surprisingly, devoid of sexuality; her attempt to channel the sophisticated disdain of 1940s Lauren Bacall sounded rushed and self-consciously bored.
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January 22, 2008Woody is rusted already, he should seriously consider retirement.
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November 5, 2011This may not be the best Woody Allen, but I enjoyed this romantic comedy set in 1940. The burnished colours and the styling of the female leads are terrific. A pleasure to look at. I would have liked CW not to fall short to Betty Ann--he should be infallible, wittier than she. Fa... read more
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May 22, 2010A rather mediocre Woody Allen film; most of the acting seems contrived and the pace tends to drag. The one redeeming feature is the dialogue--- there are some genuine laugh out loud moments with the conversations and snappy retorts as usual. The interactions between Hunt, Thero... read more
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Critic Reviews
August 9, 2002
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
January 22, 2002
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine
The romance between C.W. and Betty Ann doesn't have much ardor, repressed or otherwise. Full Review
January 6, 2002
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Mid-level, pretty-but-not- hugely-funny Allen film.
August 31, 2001
David Edelstein, Slate
It's evidently important to Allen to work, work, work, but he's starting to make his movies by rote instead of passion. Full Review
August 31, 2001
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
[Allen's] let his guard down and has allowed himself and his audience to relax -- something that doesn't often happen when the specters of class and European art hover over his pictures. Full Review
August 24, 2001
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Despite an appealing, even ingenious premise, Scorpion is another quippy but uninspired comedy.
August 24, 2001
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Many of the jokes fall flat, and the film has a musty smell about it, like an apartment someone has been living in for too long. Yet the picture plays out pleasantly, and Allen creates a world that's ... Full Review
August 24, 2001
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
In spite of its dated ways -- or perhaps because of them -- it just may be the most youthful film you'll see this summer. Full Review
August 24, 2001
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
About as insignificant as a movie can be without blowing right off the screen.
August 24, 2001
John Anderson, Newsday
The frothiest, funniest comedy he has made since Manhattan Murder Mystery. Full Review
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