Scoop

2024

Action / Biography / Drama

28
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 65% · 85 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 65% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 21547 21.5K

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Plot summary

Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of Newsnight secured Prince Andrew's infamous interview.

Director

Philip Martin Photo
Philip Martin

Top cast

Gillian Anderson Photo
Gillian Anderson as Emily Maitlis
Rufus Sewell Photo
Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew
Keeley Hawes Photo
Keeley Hawes as Amanda Thirsk
Billie Piper Photo
Billie Piper as McAlister
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24 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 8
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English 5.1
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24 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 13
1.72 GB
1920*804
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   ar   cn   hr   cz   dk   nl   es   fi   fr   de   gr   il   hu   id   it   ja   kr   ms   no   pl   pt   ro   ru   sv   th   tr   uk   vi  
24 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paul-allaer 7 / 10

How clueless/out of touch Price Andrew really was

As "Scoop" (2024 release from the UK; 102 min) opens, it is "New York 2010" and a British celebrity photographer shoots pictures of Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein during a walk in Central Park. We then go to "Nine Years Later" and shortly after Epstein is arrested and kills himself, there is tremendous pressure on Prince Andrew to explain his friendship with Epstein. At this point we are 10 minutes into the movie.Couple of comments: this is the latest from British director Philip Martin ("Hawking"). Based on the 2022 book "Scoops" by BBC Newsnight producer Sam McAlister, the film in essence falls into two parts: how was McAlister able to convince Prince Andrew (and his small entourage) to agree to the interview, and once they agreed to the interview, how did both sides prepare for the interview. The cherry on top of the cake is of course the interview itself, carefully reconstructed and recreated. If there is one common theme in all of it, it is how insanely clueless and completely out of touch Prince Andrew is with reality and with how this would be received by the public at large. Andrew is fully convinced the interview went well. To be clear: the interview could hardly have gone any worse for Andrew. The move benefits enormously from a strong collective performance by the cast, including Billie Piper as Sam McAlister, Rufus Sewell as Andrew, and last but certainly not least, a brilliant Gillian Anderson as Emily Maitlis (the BBC Newsnight interviewer). Bottom line: even though we of course know the outcome before we watch this, "Scoop" makes for a great journalism drama, and ik kept my attention from start to finish."Scoop" premiered on Netflix last weekend, and I just saw it the other night. It is currently rated 76% Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, which feels about right to me. If you have any interest in the British royal family or in the BBC, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.
Reviewed by Sleepin_Dragon 7 / 10

Superbly acted.

The story of how Emily Maitlis came to interview Prince Andrew.It doesn't exactly sound like a catchy plot, and indeed I thought it was an extremely bizarre recent event to dramatise, but it works.The BBC hasn't exactly been covered in glory in recent times, but this scoop was seen as something of a revelation, the first time I and many others decided to tune into Newsnight, a show that's died away over the years.It was an excruciating interview to watch at the time, it's one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen, that scene was perfectly recreated, Sewell and Anderson were both terrific, quality acting. I thought Billie Piper did a cracking job here too.I'm not sure whether this film will have a broad appeal or not, the storyline is a rather curious one, but if you enjoy quality acting, try it out.7/10.
Reviewed by marcelbenoitdeux 7 / 10

An acting scoop

Well yes. To see Gillian Anderson play Emily is worth the whole thing. I must confess that Gillian Anderson wasn't an actress I cared about or thought in anyway as a contender among her contemporaries. Her character in the X Files was what settled in my brain, so, nothing earth shattering until, well until her Margaret Thatcher in The Crown. That took me completely by surprise and blew me away. Now "Scoop" and she's the main reason to take your breath away. It's not an impersonation but something else. Something that belongs to great acting. Rufus Sewell was very good in the impossible task of playing Prince Andrew but Gillian Anderson bridges that impossibility and makes that, already famous interview, totally and utterly riveting. So, well done and thank you.
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