The whole mildly pleasant outing -- the R rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse -- remains aloft not on its own self-referential hot air, but on the inspired performance of Tim Allen.
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08/16/02
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Who is Cletis Tout? (2002)
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Reviews Counted:55
Fresh:13
Rotten:42
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: Cliched and endlessly self-referential, Who Is Cletis Tout? doesn't add anything original to the crime genre.
Theatrical Release:Jul 26, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $64,867
Synopsis: While in prison, Trevor Finch (Christian Slater), an ex-convict specializing in identification falsification, meets a magician and jewel thief, Micah (Richard Dreyfuss). Together, they bust out and... [More]
Starring: Christian Slater, Richard Dreyfuss, Tim Allen, Portia De Rossi
Director: Chris Ver Wiel
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Reviews for Who is Cletis Tout?
Who is the audience for Cletis Tout? Anybody who enjoys quirky, fun, popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed.
08/02/02
It won't hold up over the long haul, but in the moment, Finch's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a Saturday matinee.
08/02/02
Ver Wiel has concocted one of the most elaborately twisted, diverting caper films in years.
07/27/02
Quirky, often-fun film.
08/08/02
There's a sweetness to it that's disarming and diverting -- mostly thanks to performances of Slater, Richard Dreyfuss as his partner in crime, and Portia Di Rossi as Dreyfuss' daughter.
08/19/02
If you love movies, it's hard not to like Who Is Cletis Tout? or at least smile through it.
08/16/02
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09/03/02
A gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever, amusing and unpredictable.
07/27/02
Top CriticWho Is Cletis Tout? won't change anybody's life, but it's a respectable B- movie -- airy, inconsequential and a little too cute at times, but fairly entertaining all the same.
07/26/02
Top CriticOverall, Cletis Tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone.
08/16/02
Merely a diversion, but clever enough to divert.
08/02/02
Top CriticCletis is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer.
08/02/02
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06/19/03
There's skimpiness to the whole movie that undercuts its good effort at a modern-minded twist on high-style nostalgia.
07/28/02
A great idea becomes a not-great movie.
08/15/02
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09/21/05
Fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references.
06/27/02
This mistaken-identity picture is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost.
07/25/02
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09/18/02
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