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...Though Allen??s latest involves a change of topic (examining the world of journalism) as well as one of location, the legendary actor/director chooses to stick to his trademark style, examining his own Freudian desires and the politics of film through wry, nervous humor. The choice proves an excellent one: “Scoop” is easily the most thoughtful comedy of the summer...
Succeeding the likes of Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow, Allen??s golden girl du jour is Scarlett Johansson, back after her performance in the brilliant “Match Point.” Johansson plays Sondra Pransky, a gawky American journalism student as out of place in London as Allen??s on-screen alter ego, the cynical magician Sid Waterman. Not unlike Allen himself, Sid is searching for easy-to-please deep-pocketed clientele (which he finds in the stilted British upper class), and befriends Sondra along...
...believe that great comedy comes in threes, but in Tim Allen??s case I make an exception. I mean, “Home Improvement” was schlock, “The Santa Clause” never needed a sequel (let alone two), and his baritone turn as Buzz Lightyear, an action figure with delusions of grandeur, provided an uncanny representation of his career trajectory. But come on?...
...Allen??s miraculous transformations into a sheepdog seem to have no real cause. They just happen whenever the filmmakers feel the need to elicit a cheap laugh or drive the flaccid plot forward. Indeed, “The Shaggy Dog” is one of the most contrived films to besmirch the good name of American cinema...
...really all Allen??s fault. The presence of his human or canine self seems to cause any scene to implode. However, his wife (Kristin Davis, “Sex & the City”) and children (Zena Grey and Spencer Breslin) turn in decent performances when their doggy hubby/daddy leaves to pursue one of his delusional, tangential quests...