Rotten
The movie has an odd feeling, both lush and listless. It's enough to make us believe Allen's comic batteries need recharging.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Love stings
2001 · 1h 43m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Directed by
Woody Allen
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Overview
CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees, they go to watch Voltan, a magician who secretly hypnotizes both of them.
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44%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The romance between C.W. and Betty Ann doesn't have much ardor, repressed or otherwise.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Mid-level, pretty-but-not- hugely-funny Allen film.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Rotten
It's evidently important to Allen to work, work, work, but he's starting to make his movies by rote instead of passion.
David Edelstein, Slate
Fresh
[Allen's] let his guard down and has allowed himself and his audience to relax -- something that doesn't often happen when the specters of class and European art hover over his pictures.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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