Confess, Fletch

Confess, Fletch

The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit - from the eccentric art dealer and a missing playboy to a crazy neighbor and Fletch’s Italian girlfriend. Crime, in fact, has never been this disorganized.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
  • Stars: Jon Hamm, David Torres Jr., Roy Wood Jr., Annie Mumolo, Ayden Mayeri, Lorenza Izzo, Kyle MacLachlan, Marcia Gay Harden, John Slattery, Lucy Punch, John Behlmann, Caitlin Zerra Rose, Aaron Andrade, Travis Bennett, Nhumi Threadgill, Anna Osceola, Gene Amoroso, Alli Dowling, Omar Ghonim, Owen Burke, Bates Wilder, Erica McDermott, Eugene Mirman, Kenneth Kimmins, Shawn Fitzgibbon, Daniel Baek, Thomas Ciarametaro, Levon Panek, Eli Neslund, Wendy Bellevue, Robert Picardo, Marina Re
  • Director: Greg Mottola
 Comments
  • ghosthotelcomic - 28 March 2024
    More Like A TV Movie
    So many odd choices for a reboot. I'm a big fan of the Fletch series of novels, so I know some of the reasons they're difficult to adapt. But why make so many bad choices? The first bad choice in Confess is the same as in the original Fletch movie with Chevy Chase-- the actor cast as Fletch is too damn old in both. He's supposed to be a very youthful looking 30-ish. Chase was perfect for the role except for being at least 10 to 15 years too old. Jon Hamm is WAY too old for the part (unless, that is, this is supposed to be a direct sequel the the 1985 film-- in that case he's way too young).

    Anyway, Hamm is way too sedate in the part. If he'd shown the energy he did as the evil preacher in The Unbreakable Jimmy Schmidt it might have worked. But it's like he's on ludes. Or maybe he was bored by the less than witty script.

    And Confess is a bad choice to kick off a reboot. The novel works as an entertainment because of a character the filmmaker's deleted --Inspector Flynn. His removal leaves a hole in the story.

    Otherwise, the plot points of the novel are followed fairly well. However, the story they did keep is filmed in such a bland, static manner. Im glad they didn't add gratuitous car chases and violence, but did they have to go out of their way to make it so lackadaisical? It's like no one is really trying.

    The makers of the Chevy Chase original totally ruined the plot of the great first novel, but they did make a funny, energetic film that captured the novels flavor.

    In short-- this seemed more like a failed pilot for a tv series, not a real feature film.
  • TheOneThatYouWanted - 18 August 2023
    Hamm is the only bright spot.
    Meh. It is just below average. Not funny. Slightly charming. Frankly it is boring and it's not that much of the time to time it was just sitting in the back of you know what I mean. You should have known that you know that the movie is a huge waste of time and you're not even going anywhere else for the first time in a while and I am not sure if I can review this boring movie anymore but I don't want to leave you hanging. Hamm does a good job but still that is not enough to save this film. They just needed a better plot. And more set pieces. I would not call it awful, it is just a nothing to see here kind of film.