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      • The film received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 45% based on 123 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "The writing for Scorpion is not as sharp as Woody Allen's previous movies as most of the jokes fall flat."
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  2. Aug 24, 2001 · 4 min read. Woody Allen’s “The Curse of the Jade Scorpion” takes place in an insurance office not unlike the one in “ Double Indemnity,” where the very woodwork and the reassuring bulk of the filing cabinets seem to guarantee the company’s solidity.

  3. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • 03/10/22. Woody Allen's comedy The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is a stylish but ultimately disappointing period piece. Set in 1940s New York, C.W. Briggs (Allen) and Betty Ann...

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  4. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is a 2001 crime comedy film written and directed by and starring Woody Allen. The cast also features Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt, Brian Markinson, Wallace Shawn, David Ogden Stiers, and Charlize Theron.

  5. Nov 18, 2002 · BBC - Films - review - The Curse of the Jade Scorpion. The greatest living writer-director-star, Woody Allen has been written off more times than a Ford Escort in Moss Side. But given how...

  6. Aug 24, 2001 · Overall, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is an incredibly fun film. With Allen's trademark humor and his trademark character, it is an effective comedy and mystery. Largely dismissed by critics and even Allen himself as one of his worst works, I do really like The Curse of the Jade Scorpion.

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  7. Oct 31, 2006 · Overall, the look of the film is quite good and at a cost of more than $26 million, is reportedly Allen's most expensive film ever produced. The cost is mainly down to reproducing the look of the 1940s. With box office earnings of under $20 million, it failed to recoup its outlay.

  8. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion: Directed by Woody Allen. With John Tormey, John Schuck, Woody Allen, Elizabeth Berkley. An insurance investigator and an efficiency expert who hate each other are both hypnotized by a crooked hypnotist with a jade scorpion into stealing jewels.

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