Fletch (1985)
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Tim Matheson, Kenneth Mars
DVD Info
Release:
Mar 11, 2008
HD DVD Features:
- Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
- Dolby Digital True HD 5.1 Surround - English
- Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround - English
- Dolby Digital Plus 2.0 Stereo - English
- Subtitles - English (SDH), French - Optional
Additional Release Maeterial:
- Featurette - 1. JUST CHAGE IT TO THE UNDERHILLS: MAKING AND REMEMBERING FLETCH
- 2. FROM JOHN COCKTOASTIN TO HARRY S. TRUMAN: THE DISGUISES
- 3. FAVORITE FLETCH MOMENTS
- Trailer - Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews
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.
Michael Ritchie's 1985 mystery comedy has the pleasant, modest feel of a Fox B picture from the 30s.
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.
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.
Moments of humor that still have legs today. And many moments that don't.
If you like Chevy Chase, you'll like this movie. If not, it's just a time killer.
One of Chevy Chase's better comedies, which admittedly ain't saying a whole lot.
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