Chase is just the actor to personify Gregory McDonald's "Fletch". The man with a thousand faces, and just as many wise cracks, he's an investigative journo who's trying to find dirt on a suspicious drug operation down at the beach. When a rich, strange young man approaches "Fletch" with an offer of $50, 000 to murder him, our hero soon finds himself involved in more than he anticipated.
Ritchie's film relies entirely on Chase's ability to make us laugh with his irreverent investigative technique, and his many and varied disguises. The pair do a reasonable job with Andrew Bergman's script (from McDonald's novel), and the result is a satisfying picture.
Being a Chevy Chase fan will certainly help audiences enjoy this movie, so if you've no time for this former star of "Saturday Night Live", then give "Fletch" a miss. Director Ritchie was unable to lift proceedings any higher than Chase's performance or Bergman's screenplay allowed. It's a good thing there is a fairly amicable support cast and a jaunty keyboard score from Harold Faltermejer.
Wednesday, February 28, 1996 - Video
Ritchie's film relies entirely on Chase's ability to make us laugh with his irreverent investigative technique, and his many and varied disguises. The pair do a reasonable job with Andrew Bergman's script (from McDonald's novel), and the result is a satisfying picture.
Being a Chevy Chase fan will certainly help audiences enjoy this movie, so if you've no time for this former star of "Saturday Night Live", then give "Fletch" a miss. Director Ritchie was unable to lift proceedings any higher than Chase's performance or Bergman's screenplay allowed. It's a good thing there is a fairly amicable support cast and a jaunty keyboard score from Harold Faltermejer.
Wednesday, February 28, 1996 - Video