63
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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88ObserverEmily ZemlerObserverEmily ZemlerScoop is presented as a thriller, which works. Although we know the outcome, Martin successfully immerses us in the narrative in a way where it feels precarious.
- 80Total FilmKate StablesTotal FilmKate StablesIn the exquisite gunfight-style tension of the real interview, Gillian Anderson’s uncannily accurate portrayal of Emily Maitlis (that cocked head and laser stare) comes into its own. Yet even she is outclassed by Sewell’s narcissistic but oddly charismatic Prince Andrew.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleBetween the lines, Scoop conveys, not only what Andrew most likely did, but what led him to assume that he’d get away with it.
- 70ColliderTaylor GatesColliderTaylor GatesA tense atmosphere and great acting make up for some lackluster characterization choices.
- 70Rolling StoneDavid FearRolling StoneDavid FearSeen more as a complement to that actual interview than a forensic breakdown of the story behind it, the movie succeeds in showing viewers that, even in this age of clickbait and quick hits, the slow and steady professionalism of real journalists attempting the Quixotic quest of practicing real journalism can still bring down a giant.
- 60The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergWhat Scoop offers is the modest pleasure — to which any journalist is susceptible — of rooting for a reporting team to get a story.
- 60Screen RantGrant HermannsScreen RantGrant HermannsDespite some of the struggles with the moral depictions of the figures, the actors behind Scoop's characters are all mesmerizing in their different roles.
- 50IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThe film is too close to — and too impressed by — the simple fact of what just happened to see under the surface, or even bother to look that hard.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThe drama is smothered by its own overwhelming sense of importance.