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.
  • imdb-06607-21825 - 11 April 2023
    I have no idea why other people liked this movie
    I don't know what the Fletch novels are like, but I went into this film buoyed by some good professional reviews and an understanding that it would not be Chevy Chase first movie Fletch (Fletch Lives was terrible and anyone saying otherwise is kidding themselves).

    This film has nothing going for it. It's not bad enough to be a bad film, it's just boring. If it was trying to be a comedy, it failed to make me laugh. The script is just bad, the mystery is non-sensical and there is no reason to be invested in the outcome and there is no interesting twist at the end to save it. I like Jon Hamm generally, but this film did not use his strengths and the supporting characters ranged from dull to annoying.
  • michaelsiphone - 1 December 2022
    A DEAD BODY. A STOLEN PICASSO. AND THIS GUY.
    A DEAD BODY.

    A STOLEN PICASSO.

    AND THIS GUY.

    Confess, Fletch is a 2022 American crime comedy film directed by Greg Mottola 🖼

    It's ok, but I feel mixed about this one 😉 I'd recommend it if you like this genre, but if not then probably give it a miss 👍🏼👎🏼

    There are some funny moments but this movie loses its way towards the end...

    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.
  • JurijFedorov - 18 November 2022
    I think the ending reveals that it never tried to be a serious or a high quality movie
    I haven't watched the original so I won't be calling the movie out for being terrible just because it's different. I think there are millions of people like me who are just searching for any even decent detective movie. There are way too few of them. Most of these kind of who-dunnit movies are low IQ and just try to confuse the viewers until the end where they reveal the whole plot in one scene out of nowhere. That's pretty much the same here unfortunately. But even bad detective movies can be quite decent if you adore the genre like I do. And this one is just about not a regrettable watch even though it was a waste of time.

    The movie is half good half bad. The issue is that all characters are slapstick silly and you need to be an amazing actor to make it work. Jon Hamm is great. The comedic scenes with him are great and a few are funny. Most other actors ham it up so bad that it gets weird or even obnoxious. 2 actresses ham it up to disgusting levels. It's just not funny at that point. But just as important the murder and mystery becomes a joke right away because of this. They make fun of the murder all the way. No one is sad or takes it seriously so of course the viewer also doesn't care. A young very attractive woman just died and no one cares one single bit. The jokes arrive just minutes after the murder and all characters join in.

    I think the ending will confuse a lot of people too as Fletch is told to check his White privilege. Not sure what that is about as the rest of the movie is not about culture war in any way. If you want to make it about race then do it properly. Besides this the plot overall makes little sense. They try to explain it at the end, but unfortunately unless you see the characters do stuff you can't really understand their motivation. 5 characters at the very end completely change their full personality and reveal their hidden identity over a few minutes. It's logically consistent I guess. But we weren't prepared for any of it. It's like the first 95% of the movie was 50% of the book and then the few minutes long ending was the remaining hundreds of pages where characters change 180 degrees and 5 plots end at the same time with not clear emotional journey presented. We get a few points about race and White vs. Black people or something - maybe not? Not really sure what the theme is, but they just plastered it in at the very end. Maybe some producer told them to refilm the ending to make it more woke as a selling point as the movie was not that good?
  • mcreter - 6 November 2022
    Jon Hamm is Fletch!!
    Jon Hamm brings Gregory McDonald's iconic character to life in all his snarky, comic, charming glory! I hope this is the first of many Jon Hamm/Fletch/ Mottola collaborations. There are a number of great stories involving Fletch's adventures that this creative team could effectively bring to the small screen. The mystery is fun and the film is filled with a terrific bunch of quirky supporting characters portrayed by a talented crew of character actors such as Slattery and Wood. If you only know Fletch from the old Chase movies, pick up the books and give them a read. Hamm perfectly embodies I. M. Fletcher.