Morgan Creek Productions etc.
February 18, 2000
Comedy
DVD
D+
DVD
D+
I didn't like or care about any of the characters, but I'm not shocked that there was a sequel. Jonathan Lynn directed, after Clue and Nuns on the Run.
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Nuns on the Run
Nuns on the Run
Handmade Films
30 March 1990
Crime Comedy
DVD
C
C
This has potential, with those stars, and it's nice that producer George Harrison included his song "Blow Away," but this just didn't click for me. Jonathan Lynn wrote and directed, about four years after Clue.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Clue
Clue
Paramount
December 13, 1985
Historical Comedy, Crime Comedy
DVD
B-
So, I sort of remember this movie from the time, in that I remember what a critical and commercial failure it was and how I didn't see it in the theater partly because of that, and partly because I thought I'd have to go three times for all the endings, and that seemed like a rip-off. So I caught it on cable, maybe all at once, maybe in bits and pieces. I liked it and vaguely remembered it, but I haven't watched it in, oh, I'm going to say thirty years.
It would probably be a C+ without its game (pun intended) and very recognizable (to me) cast. (I have to omit Kellye Nakahara, but I was delighted to see her outside of M*A*S*H.) The story does drag a bit, especially during the "splitting up in pairs" part, but there's enough amusement and, yes, intrigue that it mostly held my interest throughout. I also like the use of 1954-appropriate songs, like "Sh-Boom," and the bit of political satire. Note that this is sort of the second movie I've reviewed where Michael McKean plays gay, unless you count ending #3.
John Landis co-wrote the story and this was Jonathan Lynn's first directorial gig (seven years before the much more acclaimed My Cousin Vinny).
December 13, 1985
Historical Comedy, Crime Comedy
DVD
B-
So, I sort of remember this movie from the time, in that I remember what a critical and commercial failure it was and how I didn't see it in the theater partly because of that, and partly because I thought I'd have to go three times for all the endings, and that seemed like a rip-off. So I caught it on cable, maybe all at once, maybe in bits and pieces. I liked it and vaguely remembered it, but I haven't watched it in, oh, I'm going to say thirty years.
It would probably be a C+ without its game (pun intended) and very recognizable (to me) cast. (I have to omit Kellye Nakahara, but I was delighted to see her outside of M*A*S*H.) The story does drag a bit, especially during the "splitting up in pairs" part, but there's enough amusement and, yes, intrigue that it mostly held my interest throughout. I also like the use of 1954-appropriate songs, like "Sh-Boom," and the bit of political satire. Note that this is sort of the second movie I've reviewed where Michael McKean plays gay, unless you count ending #3.
John Landis co-wrote the story and this was Jonathan Lynn's first directorial gig (seven years before the much more acclaimed My Cousin Vinny).
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