The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Genre: Comedy / Crime
Duration: 103 minuten
Country:
United States / Germany
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: Woody Allen, Helen Hunt and Dan Aykroyd
IMDb score:
6,7 (43.308)
Releasedate: 5 August 2001
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion plot
"Love stings"
CW Briggs is the best insurance researcher in 1940s New York...or so he thinks. He proudly tells anyone who wants to hear that he can catch any insurance scammer by getting inside the thief's mind. However, the hypnotic powers of the Jade Scorpion cause the thief's thoughts to creep into Briggs.
Actors and actresses
Chris Magruder
Betty Ann Fitzgerald
CW Briggs
Laura Kensington
Voltan
Sam
Mize
Jill
Rosie
Reviews & comments
Spetie
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- 38871 messages
- 8633 votes
” Are you divorced or widowed? Did your husband commit suicide? I could understand that.”
I thought I'd grab a simple snack from Allen, but unexpectedly this turned out to be another wonderful film by Allen. It all starts a bit slow, but after that everything comes loose in a nice way. The story is quite funny and also the typical forties atmosphere is well imitated.
Allen plays his typical self again, but I always like to see that. His neurotic behavior is infectious and the dialogues are high quality and above all very witty and funny. The most surprising, however, I found here the role of Helen Hunt. Normally I don't like her, but here she manages to be funny a few times and has a great chemistry with Allen.
Very entertaining, good acting, good dialogues and very funny. As far as I'm concerned, this “The Curse of the Jade Scorpion” can best be counted among Allen's better work.
4.0*
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scorsese
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- 13671 messages
- 11438 votes
Good film in which an investigator for an insurance company knows how to catch every thief. The dialogues are perhaps less sharp than Woody Allen's used to, but this is compensated for by the entertaining developments that follow each other at a fairly rapid pace, making this an entertaining film.
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mister blonde
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- 12766 messages
- 5986 votes
Just read that Allen himself did the lead role because Jack Nicholson didn't want to. That would have been cool, because Allen is totally unsuitable for this role and is also the reason that it is really one of his lesser works (which he thinks for that reason). Still, it's amazing that despite about 40 better films, this one is still entertaining and has a sufficient score. 3 stars.
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