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Overall Rank: 5445

Average Rating: 2.6/4

# of Ratings: 102

Theatrical Release Date: 05/31/1985

Language: English

Genre: Comedy, Crime

MPAA Rating: PG

Director: Michael Ritchie

Actors: Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Richard Libertini, Tim Matheson, M. Emmet Walsh

Plot: Fletch is a journalist who takes his job very seriously - even to the point of taking on different personas to get the story. Researching drugs and their dealings as a bum, he is approached by Alan Stanwyk who wants to die before cancer kills him. As Fletch noses around, he discovers Stanwyk is hiding a few things and it's all linked to the drugs. -- Chris Kavan

Unknown - wrote on 06/25/2012

I'd have to agree with Yojimbo's review. This is a crime comedy that is more crime than comedy. I just didn't laugh much.

Yojimbo - wrote on 05/26/2012

Reasonably amusing, but never laugh-out-loud Chevy Chase vehicle that's a shameless clone of Beverly Hills cop sanitized for middle class white America.

Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/14/2012

If it wasn't for Chevy Chase, this comedy would be a disaster (think Dana Carvey in Master of Disguise) but thanks to the comedic genius of one of the original kings of cinematic comedy, this is just a whole lot of fun to watch. If you're a fan of the 80s, this comedy can not be missed.

mdtinney
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Chevy Chase at his best!

mdtinney - wrote on 05/31/2010

Chevy Chase plays investigative reporter Irwin M. Fletcher, nicknamed Fletch, who's disguising himself as a junkie on the beach to uncover a smuggling ring. He gets spotted by Tim Matheson, a real estate millionaire, who asks Fletch to kill him so his wife can receive the inherit. Fletch goes snooping around and finds out that his smuggling ring investigation might somehow be tied to the millionaire.

With a different leading man this film could very well have been a full blown thriller. Imagine John Frankenheimer directing and Robert De Niro starring. But, in dealing with what's at hand, Fletch is a good comedy where Chase can showcase his range of disguises and delivery of good one-liners. Chase absolutely smothers the film with wisecracks and the overall very well constructed …