Overview
The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit - from the eccentric art dealer and a missing playboy to a crazy neighbor and Fletch’s Italian girlfriend.
Imagine that there is a community theater company in some small town in America and for their next production they have decided to take on one of the Fletch novels. The troup actually does a decent job with the production – the actors can believably say the lines and you get a whiff of the classic character played by Chevy Chase. And that’s great, if you are expecting to see a community theater production of Fletch. On the big screen? Yikes. From Jon Hamm’s quiet and uneventful portrayal of Fletch to Marcia Gay Harden sometimes putting on an accent, this movie is bad. Chase’s portrayal of a greasy yet charismatic detective is the gold standard. To Hamm’s credit he wasn’t trying to do an imitation of Chase. The problem is something that I’ve thought of him for a long time: he has zero on-screen charisma. If you hear an interview with him he comes across as a smarty, funny and engaging guy. On the screen? Unless he is playing a stern character there is just nothing there. The editing surely didn’t help – at times it felt like characters were having a conversation at two different times and they were spliced together. The whole thing was mediocre.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Confess, Fletch
Movie title: Confess, Fletch
Movie description: The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit - from the eccentric art dealer and a missing playboy to a crazy neighbor and Fletch’s Italian girlfriend.
Date published: 2022-10-05
Director(s): Greg Mottola
Actor(s): Jon Hamm, Lorenza Izzo, Kyle MacLachlan, Roy Wood Jr., Ayden Mayeri, Marcia Gay Harden, John Slattery, Annie Mumolo, Lucy Punch, John Behlmann, Caitlin Zerra Rose, Aaron Andrade, Travis Bennett, Nhumi Threadgill, Anna Osceola, Gene Amoroso, Alli Dowling, Omar Ghonim, Owen Burke, Bates Wilder, Erica McDermott, Eugene Mirman, Kenneth Kimmins, Shawn Fitzgibbon, Daniel Baek, Thomas Ciarametaro, Levon Panek, Eli Neslund, Wendy Bellevue, Robert Picardo, Marina Re
Genre: Crime, Comedy, Mystery
My Review
Imagine that there is a community theater company in some small town in America and for their next production they have decided to take on one of the Fletch novels. The troup actually does a decent job with the production – the actors can believably say the lines and you get a whiff of the classic character played by Chevy Chase. And that’s great, if you are expecting to see a community theater production of Fletch. On the big screen? Yikes. From Jon Hamm’s quiet and uneventful portrayal of Fletch to Marcia Gay Harden sometimes putting on an accent, this movie is bad. Chase’s portrayal of a greasy yet charismatic detective is the gold standard. To Hamm’s credit he wasn’t trying to do an imitation of Chase. The problem is something that I’ve thought of him for a long time: he has zero on-screen charisma. If you hear an interview with him he comes across as a smarty, funny and engaging guy. On the screen? Unless he is playing a stern character there is just nothing there. The editing surely didn’t help – at times it felt like characters were having a conversation at two different times and they were spliced together. The whole thing was mediocre.
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