Scoop

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Scoop

2024

1h 41m

Biography

Drama

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Inspired by real events, SCOOP is the inside account of the tenacious journalism that landed an earthshattering interview -- Prince Andrew's infamous BBC Newsnight appearance. From the tension of producer Sam McAlister's high stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis' jaw-dropping, forensic showdown with the Prince, SCOOP takes us inside the story, with the women who would stop at nothing to get it. To get an interview this big, you have to be bold.

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Critics Consensus

Scoop wrings riveting drama out of its real-life story, even if the actual interview footage remains an arguably superior watch.

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Robert Levin

Newsday

The depiction of the hard, gritty work of journalism is believable, but it doesn't make for especially engaging drama.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 3, 2024

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's very crisp and effective... You obviously know where it's going, but it's effective for what it does.

Apr 17, 2024

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

Scoop, which declares it a job-well-done simply to see a man stripped of honorary titles without ever having to defend himself in a criminal court, fails to make the argument for why any of this mattered beyond making good TV.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 8, 2024

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Jack Martin

Film Feeder

Despite the occasional genuine thrill, though, it’s fairly standard stuff that ultimately doesn’t offer a whole lot more insight into the incident that caught the world off-guard.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 5, 2024

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Abe Friedtanzer

Cinema Daily US

What Scoop doesn’t quite do is establish itself as a completely independent product that can survive the test of time without any context. Epstein’s name is well-known at the moment but there isn’t all that much explanation about who he is.

Rated: B

Jul 27, 2024

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Nelson Acosta

Koimoi

Scoop takes a very complex and interesting subject and makes it boring by developing the most uninteresting possible angle.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 3, 2024

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Dane B. M

I liked it a great deal. The inner workings of media and the Palace. Yes, I will recommend it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/21/24

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Daniel B

I'm not really sure why we're glorifying journalists just for doing their jobs, also not really sure why we should care so much just because it's about royalty.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/17/24

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Jessica C

I enjoyed this film ,its well acted and I found it interesting to see the work that goes into securing these types of interviews.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/17/24

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Jason P

You need to know this is a movie about Sam McAlister primarily, the former newsnight booker for the BBC. It's somewhat entertaining but was a huge disappointment viewing experience as it felt like 50% of the movie was watching shots of Sam travelling around London and staring at Chanel logos.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/05/24

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Seth S

Movies that depict journalist always either lean to be good or bad. This does a decent job of staying in the middle. Boring at times and sometimes exciting.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/12/24

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Cristian s

La adaptación de una historia real que logra cumplir con lo que se propone. Simple, lineal pero a la vez entretenida, no pretende ser mas de lo que es. Buenas actuaciones.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/11/24

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Synopsis

Inspired by real events, SCOOP is the inside account of the tenacious journalism that landed an earthshattering interview -- Prince Andrew's infamous BBC Newsnight appearance. From the tension of producer Sam McAlister's high stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis' jaw-dropping, forensic showdown with the Prince, SCOOP takes us inside the story, with the women who would stop at nothing to get it. To get an interview this big, you have to be bold.

Director: Philip Martin
Producer: Radford Neville, Hilary Salmon, Sanjay Singhal
Screenwriter: Geoff Bussetil, Peter Moffat
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: The Lighthouse Film Company, Voltage TV
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 5, 2024
Runtime: 1h 41m

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