Fletch

Movies 365: Day 50 – Fletch

I was supposed to watch The Class today, but the version they had on Netflix Instant Streaming was dubbed and unwatchable, so, after trying to make it though that for about ten minutes, I decided to watch something else. The Class will be reviewed at a later date.

Given his great work in Community, one of the best new shows on TV, I though it was finally time to catch up with Fletch, Chevy Chase’s 1985 film, often cited as his best work. Now, the great thing about comedies, as I mentioned in my review of Duck Soup is that you only need to answer a simple question, did it make you laugh? And Fletch did indeed make me laugh.

Chase plays Irwin Fletcher, a reporter working on a story about drug addicts, when he is picked up by Alan Stanwyk (Tim Matheson). Stanwyk informs him that he has recently been diagnosed with cancer and asks Fletch to kill him, sensing something is not right with the proposition, Fletch begins to investigate Stanwyk. The mystery is decent, but like The Big Lebowski, the mystery is secondary to the laughs. While Fletch is always moving towards the answer, a lot of time is spent on Chase’s deadpan one-liners. And if you like Chevy Chase, you’ll love this movie. His non-sensical one-liners are hilarious, and endlessly quotable. The rest of the cast performs well, but this is really a one man show, which is fine because Chase is in top form. A very fun and funny film, Fletch is one I definitely recommend.

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