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Clue (1985)

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Reviews Counted: 19

Fresh: 14

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 6.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A group of blackmailed guests gather in a remote mansion, hosted by a daffy butler (Tim Curry), in this campy adaptation of the popular board game. Suspicions flare when their ostensible... A group of blackmailed guests gather in a remote mansion, hosted by a daffy butler (Tim Curry), in this campy adaptation of the popular board game. Suspicions flare when their ostensible extortionist, Mr. Boddy, appears--and drops dead in the study. Hidden passageways, double entendres, and creative murder weapons come into play as bodies drop, disappear, and reappear on one dark and stormy night. An all-star cast assume the roles of Professor Plum (Christopher Lloyd), Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn), Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), and the rest of the multicolored bunch as the one-liners fly in this jaunty whodunit. It all concludes with three alternate endings that let viewers decide who the real murderer was. [More]

Starring: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Martin Mull, Madeline Kahn

Starring: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Martin Mull, Madeline Kahn, Lesley Ann Warren, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean

Director: Jonathan Lynn

Director: Jonathan Lynn
Story: John Landis, Jonathan Lynn
Producer: Debra Hill

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02/27/09
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Only Lesley Ann Warren, as a tough-talking madam, finds an effective level of stylization, using her leggy physique and wildly expressive features to create a cartoonish figure that's funny within its own boundaries.

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01/19/07
Dave Kehr
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the endings are almost intended to be seen sequentially, and they are the funniest when viewed in that manner

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07/21/06
Douglas Pratt
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06/24/06
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08/05/05
Emanuel Levy
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Curry steals the show in this fun and frantic comedy.

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06/20/05
Bill Clark
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Like a well-oiled machine, "Clue" uses slapstick and situational humor to tell a rather pointed story.

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04/17/05
Wesley Lovell
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Frenetic, silly, but not as bad as is often claimed.

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03/09/05
Ken Hanke
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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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As a game and as a movie, Clue is fun.

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08/22/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Honestly, it was much, much funnier than it had any right to be.

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07/20/04
Widgett Walls
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goofy and entertaining

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07/19/04
Rich Cline
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02/25/03
Rob Blackwelder
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A great movie to get drunk to.

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12/04/02
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