theyre not jaw journalist cary grant and rosalind russell from his girl friday or witty detective william powell and sassy lady myrna loy from thin man and but woody allen and scarlett johansson be surprisingly charm a amateur sleuth in scoop . their screwball repartee be more postmodern than post depression and allen writing fill with ironic self deprecation and plain old new york angst . shade of the old wit occur rarely and such a when he and a sid and the great splendini magician and respond about his background represent i be bear into the hebrew persuasion and but when i get old i convert to narcissism . johansson and fresh from allen match point a a bad girl and here get to be a relatively good and sometimes ditsy journalism student catch in a murder mystery suitable for london represent a serial killer . the plot be a reworking of his recent london base thriller match point and right down to the upper class sin and the american tragedy or place in the sun boat accident . a a matter of fact and allen be rework manhattan murder mystery and purple rise of cairo to name just a couple of other example . i care not if he rework while i would like the new material to be at least the equal of the original and and and ala and it be just a reflection of his young greatness . allen a director and actor can not hide his love for the actress and a he couldn not for diane keaton and and therefore take a middling comedy into an appropriate place down the allen canon and not great but amusing and at time brilliantly satirical represent about the suspected upper class murderer and sid ( allen ) quip and i would be very surprised if he kill one person . this be vintage allen humor . while there be barely any bright literary allusion a in most of his film and he lard scoop with music from grieg and tchaikovsky and and strauss to let u know the woodman have not lose his touch of class .