Fletch (1985)
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 7
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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 2
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User Ratings: 44,103
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Chevy Chase added a classic comic hero to the film landscape with Fletch, one of his few truly popular star vehicles in a famously misguided post-Saturday Night Live career. Chase plays Irwin M. Fletcher, known to everyone as Fletch, a Los Angeles Lakers-loving investigative reporter with a gleeful disdain for deadlines and a knack for pushing the buttons of his frustrated editor (Richard Libertini). He's also known for donning numerous disguises and assuming zany false identities to help gain
Jan 1, 1985 Wide
Aug 18, 1998
MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Chevy Chase
I.M. Fletcher -
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Gail Stanwyk -
Tim Matheson
Alan Stanwyck -
Joe Don Baker
Chief Karlin -
Richard Libertini
'Frank' Walker -
George Wendt
Fat Sam -
Geena Davis
Larry -
M. Emmet Walsh
Dr. Dolan -
Kenneth Mars
Stanton Boyd -
Larry Flash Jenkins
Gummy -
Ralph Seymour
Creasy -
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Himself -
James Avery
Detective -
Reid Cruickshanks
Sergeant -
Nico de Silva
Waiter -
Bruce French
Pathologist -
Rick Garcia
Waiter -
Grace Gaynor
Mrs. Underhill -
Burton Gilliam
Bud -
David W. Harper
Teenager -
Chick Hearn
Himself -
Bill Henderson
Speaker -
Freeman King
Cop #1 -
Alison La Placa
Pan Am Clerk -
Tony Longo
Detective -
Irene Olga Lopez
Maid -
William Sanderson
Swarthout -
Penny Santon
Velma Stanwyk -
Beau Starr
Willy -
William Traylor
Mr. Underhill -
George Wyner
Gillet -
Joe Praml
Watchman -
Mary Battilana
Madeline Turner -
Darren Dublin
Reporter -
Donald Chaffin
Banquet Guest -
Bill Sorrells
Surfer Cop -
Robert Sorrells
Marvin Stanwyk -
Arnold Turner
Reporter
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All Critics (28) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (7) | DVD (11)
A breezy, peppy frolic and a tour de force for Chase.
Michael Ritchie's 1985 mystery comedy has the pleasant, modest feel of a Fox B picture from the 30s.
This could be Bob Hope material c1942 and Chase does acquit himself well (though with cool reserve) in the gags-to-plot transitions. What dulls the enterprise is that Ritchie so keeps his distance from every character.
Top CriticWhenever the move threatens to work, there's Chevy Chase with his monotone, deadpan cynicism, distancing himself from the material.
A lightweight, breezy experience that, by never pretending to be anything more than what it is, disarms criticism.
What truly holds Fletch together isn't the somewhat off-putting Chase--whose screen presence was always defined by a love-it-or-hate it smugness--but his time-tested collaborators: screenwriter Bergman...and director Michael Ritchie...[Blu-ray]
It's not all about wacky disguises and goofy aliases. At its core, the film is a top notch mystery thriller.
Fast-paced and witty, this is Chase's best solo venture to date, and will hold almost anyone's attention for its well-edited 98 minutes.
Chevy Chase at his very funniest. Teens OK.
Twenty-two years later, I get all the jokes, but I remain only pleasantly amused, nothing more, nothing less
A quick, smart, slick piece of comedy filmmaking that features a once-great comedian at the very top of his game.
One of Chase's best
far too silly
A snappy, inventive comedy with Chevy Chase.
One of the more quotable comedies of the 1980s
Audience Reviews for Fletch
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- I.M. Fletcher: [getting a prostate exam] Moonriver.
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- Alan Stanwyck: You'll be wearing rubber gloves. Do you own rubber gloves?
- I.M. Fletcher: I rent them. I have a lease with an option to buy.
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- I.M. Fletcher: Print this! [shows the middle finger to his editor boss]
- I.M. Fletcher: What is he, a Mormon?
- I.M. Fletcher: Wash those windows, they have filth muck on them.
- I.M. Fletcher: My name? John, John Cocktoastin.
- I.M. Fletcher: [are you always this forward] Only with wet married women.
- I.M. Fletcher: I just have to wee-wee.
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- I.M. Fletcher: Saw my pimp today. [gave 1000 cash for alimony]
- I.M. Fletcher: Yeah, I feel like a 100 dollars.
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- I.M. Fletcher: Act like you don't give a crap and you fit right in.
- I.M. Fletcher: I don't shower much.
- I.M. Fletcher: You got the wrong gal, fella.
- I.M. Fletcher: Nugent, Ted Nugent. [asked to identify himself]
- I.M. Fletcher: Don't talk to me like that ass face. I don't work for you yet.
- I.M. Fletcher: Why don't you try suicide?
- I.M. Fletcher: Will you kill me?
- I.M. Fletcher: [hesitates] Sure.
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- I.M. Fletcher: I was curious about something your wife said when we were in bed together.
- Alan Stanwyck: Oh? What's that?
- I.M. Fletcher: That roughly we have the same build. From the waist up I imagine.
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