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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.
Whenever 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.
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.
A snappy, inventive comedy with Chevy Chase.
One of the more quotable comedies of the 1980s
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