CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

leplatypus If the 80s were so cool, indubitably Chevy made a contribution: here he shows how versatile and funny he was, faraway of today kind who makes tons for nothing: with his big, cool attitude, he definitely proves he is a well educated person, gentle, caring and for sure totally inspired to be crazy and funny with only small details. As all good thrillers, an original investigator is not enough and there must be an original case as well: here it's perfect and the investigation is really interesting to follow!At last, if you love the 80s, you won't be disappointed: sunny LA, Lakers vs Celtics and the expected synthesizer score that really gives energy to the scenes...Being so happy with this witty movie, i remember to have read the original novel from McDonald and they are truly like the movie: funny, fast and gripping! So take whatever Fletch book, think about Chevy in it and you will find hours of happiness!

namashi_1 One of the Greatest Actors of all-time, Chevy Chase delivers a stupendous performance in 'Fletch'. The legendary actor enacts the title role with the best comic-timing possible & owns the film as if he was born to do so.'Fletch' Synopsis: An investigative newspaper reporter tries to the solve the mystery of a fishy aviation president. 'Fletch' gets it right even on the Writing Front. Andrew Bergman's Screenplay gives Chase unlimited scope for comedy & Chase capitalizes on all the jokes, effortlessly. Also, the thrill element in this investigative-comedy, works tremendously well. Michael Ritchie's Direction is good. Chevy Chase has delivered many memorable performances in his celebrated career, but his performance in 'Fletch', is undoubtedly, his finest to date. He's simply incredible in here. A true comedic performance, that defines slap-stick humor. On the whole, 'Fletch' works because Fletch/Chase does!

bigverybadtom I. M. Fletch is an investigative newspaper reporter who had been playing a beach bum in order to learn about the drug dealing going on at a city beach, but has so far found out little information. A man named Stanwyk suddenly approaches Fletch, offers him a thousand dollars, and ostensibly hires him to shoot him to death because he is dying of bone cancer. Fletch agrees, but smells a rat and starts investigating Stanwyk.Fletch spends most of the movie donning various disguises and using pseudonyms such as "Ted Nugent" and "Harry S. Truman" as he meets different people in his investigation, and that is the source of much of the movie's humor. Some spots are funny and others aren't, and the mystery in the end isn't quite as predicted. The movie straddles both comedy and mystery, but is not quite comfortable in either niche. Still, good for mild, if not necessarily family, entertainment.

Scott LeBrun Chevy Chase makes the most of what is one of his best ever roles, in this adaptation of the comedy / mystery novel by Gregory McDonald, scripted by Andrew Bergman. Irwin Maurice "Fletch" Fletcher is a hot shot investigative reporter whose curiosity is aroused when smooth rich man Alan Stanwyk (Tim Matheson) approaches him with a proposition: murder Stanwyk for a nice five figure sum. Stanwyk claims to be already dying of bone cancer, but Fletch rightly senses something suspicious and snoops around, despite the fact that he was supposed to be working on an expose of the drug traffic at a beach. There is a certain kinship between "Fletch" and "Beverly Hills Cop" in that they feature unflappable main characters who often manufacture scams in order to get what they need from other characters; in Fletch's case, he takes it a step further and dons various disguises as well. You have to hand it to Fletch - this is a guy who rarely loses his cool, even when guns are being pointed at him. Chase knows this is a fun role and is clearly just having a blast, firing off wise ass one liners left and right. As a result, the dialogue is often quite funny and the movie does have a certain energy to it, moving along quite nicely. The supporting cast is great, including Joe Don Baker as the police chief, the lovely and appealing Dana Wheeler-Nicholson as the leading lady (she easily could have had an even better career in film), Richard Libertini as Fletch's long suffering editor, M. Emmet Walsh as a cheerful doctor, George Wendt as beach bum / drug pusher Fat Sam, Kenneth Mars as Stanton Boyd, Geena Davis in a perky early career film appearance as Fletch's co-worker Larry (!), and William Traylor as the unfortunate Mr. Underhill, with a bunch of familiar faces in small parts: George Wyner, Tony Longo, James Avery, Burton Gilliam, William Sanderson, Bill Henderson, Beau Starr, and Ralph Seymour; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's cameo role as himself is actually quite fleeting. Comic highlights include Fletch's visit to Dr. Dolan (Walsh), wherein he gets a rectal exam, the mystery element of the movie works pretty well, and there's some good action to boot, with an impressive climactic car chase. The aliases are hysterical, as Fletch will refer to himself as Ted Nugent, John Cocktoastin, and Arnold Babar, among other names. For fans of Chase and director Michael Ritchie ("Downhill Racer", "The Bad News Bears", "The Golden Child"), this rollicking movie really does deliver the goods, maintaining interest for a solidly entertaining 99 minutes. Rent or buy this movie and be prepared for some hearty laughs.And feel free to go ahead and charge it to the Underhills.Eight out of 10.