
Fletch Lives
Taste attributes: comedycrimemysterydetectivejournalisticespionagetried & testedunsavouryintricatelinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs
"When there's more trouble than one man can handle...there's more than one man for the job."
Boxlist takeSmart and wide-ranging: a crime comedy that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
6.0 /10
TMDB · 205 votes
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
- Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- Michael Ritchie
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 1989
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Cornelius Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











