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Fletch Lives

Chevy Chase (Actor), Hal Holbrook (Actor), Michael Ritchie (Director) | Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | Format: DVD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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Before his movie career completely tanked, Chevy Chase made one of the few films that gave him a chance to display his comic versatility: 1985's Fletch, the Michael Ritchie-directed comedy about an investigative reporter who specializes in going undercover on big stories. Lightning, however, didn't strike twice when Ritchie and Chase went back to Gregory MacDonald's novels for a second helping. This sequel features Chase once again as Fletch, super-reporter, who heads from L.A. to the South, where he supposedly has inherited an estate. Before long, he's become involved in a murder plot and is trying to stay out of the killer's sights himself. The material is considerably weaker, revealing Chase's shortcomings as an ad lib comic. --Marshall Fine

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3.0 out of 5 stars A fun sitcom Jun 16 2004
By Joseph H Pierre
Format:VHS Tape


Director: Michael Ritchie
Format: Color
Studio: Universal Studios
Video Release Date: May 4, 1999

Cast:

Chevy Chase ... Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher
Hal Holbrook ... Ham Johnson
Julianne Phillips ... Becky Culpepper
R. Lee Ermey ... Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
Richard Libertini ... Frank
Randall 'Tex' Cobb ... Ben Dover
Cleavon Little ... Calculus
George Wyner ... Gillet
Patricia Kalember ... Amanda Ray Ross
Geoffrey Lewis ... KKK Leader
Richard Belzer ... Phil
Phil Hartman ... Bly Manager
Titos Vandis ... Uncle Kakakis
Don Hood ... Tom Barbour
Dennis Burkley ... Joe Jack
Noelle Beck ... Betty Dilworth
William Traylor ... Mr. Underhill
Barney D. Arceneaux ... Party Guest
Roy Babich ... Klansman
Mary Battilana ... Bly Assistant
Don Brockett ... Sheriff
Walter Charles ... Tony
Robert M. Dawson ... Tour Guide
Darren Dublin ... Ancient Copy Boy
R. Bruce Elliott ... Info Technician
Patrick Farrelly ... O'Reilly
Grace Gaynor ... Mrs. Underhill
Richmond Harrison ... T'boo Ted
Catherine Hearne ... Lyda Perl
Charlie Holliday ... Security Guard
Christian Kauffmann ... Bruce
Matthew Kimbrough ... Bly Guard
Johnny Kline ... Usher
Clarence M. Landry ... Damon Feather
Marcella Lowery ... Selma
Jordan Lund ... Deputy Sheriff
Tom McCleister ... Klansman #2
Patricia G. McConnell ... Deputy's Wife
Dick McGarvin ... Announcer
Keith Mills ... Church Elder
Michael P. Moran ... Morgue Attendant
Louis M. Rapaport ... Walter Bob Buggem
Constance Shulman ... Cindy Mae
Robert Silver ... Kakakis Brother
Ebbe Roe Smith ... Jim Bob
R. David Smith ... Gordon Joe
John Wylie ... Accountant

Amusing film about an attempt by nefarious forces to buy ancestral land bequeathed to Fletch (Chevy Chase) by his late aunt. Chase is his usual hilarious self. The plot is a bit confused, but becomes clear as the story develops. The background scenery of the old south, with its ivy covered mansions, Spanish moss covered trees and swamp is reminiscent of Georgia around the Okefenokee swamp, but without the alligators and cottonmouth moccasins (although reference is made to the latter.)

This is a fun film to spend an evening with. Some allusions to sexual miscopnduct in a jailhouse scene by Chase and Tex Cobb (Ben Dover), but nothing too raunchy. It will pass for an over 13 auduence, I think.

Joseph (Joe) Pierre

author of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance

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5.0 out of 5 stars As good as the first Fletch April 21 2004
By Gerd Topsnic
Format:VHS Tape
Some people lump this movie in with Caddyshack Part 2 and Ghostbusters 2 as horrible sequels to classic movies- but I couldn't disagree more. I absolutely LOVE Fletch Lives, and I sometimes laugh just THINKING about some of the scenes. The "Bug-Busters" scene, the Klan rally, and the Claude Henry Smoot scenes are the best. DEFINATELY watch Fletch Lives, then watch it again. As with some of the better comedies it only gets better the second, third, and 4th times you see it.
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1.0 out of 5 stars ... And A Franchise Dies Mar 13 2004
By Edward Lee
Format:DVD
An absolutely horribly film that should never have been made, FLETCH LIVES tries to capitalize on the comic genius of the masterful Chevy Chase ... but this story about little more than cookie-cutter real estate scams ends up being written on paper that would've better served the bottom lining of a bird cage. Even Chase's talents can't lift this dull bomb out of the stink pile.

With all of the other options available from Fletch creator Gregory McDonald, how could this have happened to what could've been one of the greatest comedy franchises in cinema history?

Be afraid. Be very afraid. Then, be aghast.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious Movie
Director Michael Ritchie and Chevy Chase team up once again for FLETCH LIVES, with Chase reprising the role of Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, newspaper journalist and master of... Read more
Published on Nov 24 2003 by Troy
5.0 out of 5 stars Better Than the First
Everything that made the first Fletch great--the rapid one liners, goody dsguises, and Fletch's detached, cynical view of life--are ramped up a notch here for even bigger laughs. Read more
Published on Nov 14 2003 by Jamie Jeffords
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally on DVD, thank God!
It's hard for me to pick a favorite between this one and the first. I don't understand anyone who says this was was considerably weaker. Most people I talk to like this one better! Read more
Published on Aug 4 2003
4.0 out of 5 stars Amother Excellent Chevy Chase Movie!
This, to me, is by far much funnier than the first Fletch movie. Irwin Fletcher, investigative reporter, is back in the sequel to the original film, 'Fletch'. Read more
Published on Aug 2 2003 by chemikalguy
5.0 out of 5 stars Fletch is Back and it's GREAT!!!!
Starting off in a mafia-controlled seafood restaurant, we find Fletch in drag and the object of desire of a near-sighted Greek man. Read more
Published on Mar 7 2003 by the_review_guy
5.0 out of 5 stars Where's The DVD
Love this movie. Chevy is great. I have been waiting for the DVD forever. C'mon Universal! This movie is awesome.
Published on Jan 30 2003
2.0 out of 5 stars It's not funny...
One of Mr. Chase's not so funny films with recycled jokes and a rather poor story. Why Hal Holbrook, a good actor, wanted to do this movie, who knows?!
Published on Oct 27 2002 by Joe Mac Guy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie - waiting for it to be released on DVD
A great movie - I just would like to see it come out on DVD!
Published on July 18 2002 by J. Van Valkenburgh
5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE THIS MOVIE
This movie rocks. It is so funny and cackles with hilarious dialogue is it a shame that the critics were beastly to it. Read more
Published on Nov 13 2001 by Inspector Gadget
5.0 out of 5 stars I'm gonna give 5 stars to this movie ...
I'd have to really go 4.5 but 4 is unfair. Fletch is back and it's great. Leonard Maltin should relax a little bit and lighten up. Read more
Published on Nov 21 2000 by the_review_guy
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