Can Woody Allen speak normally anymore? He's famed for his nervous stammer, a device of comic timing owned by the self-styled neurotic. But in the past four comedies in which he's starred, including the new "Scoop," Allen can scarcely spit out a full sentence. He splutters and stutters, sometimes blowing spittle as he strains to articulate a coherent thought or lob a feeble one-liner. If you saw a man behaving this way in real life — all jitters and hand-wrings and manic semaphores — you'd want to know what facility wall he jumped. It wasn't always like this. Read the full review

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'Scoop'

Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane, Woody Allen, Kevin McNally
Run time: 96 minutes
Release date: July 28, 2006
Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content.
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