Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Wizard Rating:

Helen Hunt, Elizabeth Berkely, Charlize Theron.

It's Mr. Woody at it again -- full of himself and creating a fantasy world where beautiful women actually look in his direction without puking. Through the miracle of modern film, we see Woody's vanity shine through.

Allen plays CW -- a New York insurance investigator, and Hunt is Betty Ann, an efficiency expert. She sees Woody's character as a sleazy, pushy, broke-ass elderly loser. The disturbing point here is that nothing convinces us that Woody is anything but just that. At 65, Allen is just too old be playing this part.

If you put his Vanity aside, the woodster is still crafting witty little screenplays. Iif he'd keep himself in an appropriate role, and let someone else grab the hot babes, we'd all be awake for at least half of his films.

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