Fletch (1985)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Hijinks ensue when a laconic wise-ass reporter stumbles into, then must unravel, a murder-for-hire scheme.

This is one of those forgotten movies and I was wondering this morning whether all these Will Ferrell vehicles would hold up about the same as Chevy Chasers. How good was this flick?

[Guest AG/DC]

Well, most Chevy Chase vehicles failed to hold up on delivery, and were rejected immediately by the filmgoing public. This and Vacation are rare enough exceptions to that rule.

I'd be surprised to find out the guy batted much over .100.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

That's true, this was the exception not the rule. But how good was this then?

[metirish]

I liked it when I first saw it, a bit of a cult classic I think now.

[Vic Sage]

it was popular, but utterly mediocre.

[Fman99]

I give it a thumbs up. Stupid? You bet. But funny nonetheless.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yeah, I'm gonna say it was somewhat better than mediocre. It was pretty good in fact.

It was quite funny.

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[Frayed Knot]

Weren't there like several 'Fletch' movies, as well as a few dozen 'Vacation' ones?

I never warmed to Chevy Chase - not when he was on SNL and not afterward - and so I never saw any of them.

[Guest themetfairy]

I think there were two Fletch movies. I can only recall watching the first one. I recall enjoying it - it wasn't deep or anything like that, but it was entertaining enough.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I'm pretty much in the position as FK when it comes to Chevy Chase. I have seen random parts of a few Chevy Chase movies, but other than Caddyshack, I don't think I have ever watched more than 15 minutes of any of them.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Fletch might be the only movie where the detatched laconic douchebag that Chase played every time a camera found him was almost a perfect fit.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Who gave this a 1?

[soupcan]

I gave it a 7.

Remember liking it.

I am a fan of two of the 'Vacation' movies - 'Vacation' and 'Christmas Vacation'

'Christmas Vacation' was less about Chevy and all about Randy Quaid.

Didjaknow - that the actress that played Randy Quaid's daughter, Cousin Vicki (the one that felt she was a good French kisser because 'Daddy says I'm the best'), in the original 'Vacation' was Jane Krakowski who now plays Jenna on '30 Rock'?

[Guest themetfairy]

soupcan wrote: Didjaknow - that the actress that played Randy Quaid's daughter, Cousin Vicki (the one that felt she was a good French kisser because 'Daddy says I'm the best'), in the original 'Vacation' was Jane Krakowski who now plays Jenna on '30 Rock'?

I knew that. I think of her more as from Ally McBeal, though (and I know that Vic will think of her more from her Broadway work).