Confess, Fletch

Freelance writer and former investigative journalist Irwin Maurice "Fletch" Fletcher (Jon Hamm) is hired by a billionaire Italian count to investigate the whereabouts of his missing art collection. Fletch soon has a first lead; Boston art dealer Ronald Horan has sold two of the paintings. In Rome, Fletch meets Angela (Lorenza Izzo), the attractive daughter of his client, and a love affair develops between the two. Angela then receives news from the police that her father has apparently been kidnapped by organized criminals who are demanding a Picasso from the missing collection as ransom. As Fletch arrives in a short-term rented townhouse in Boston, he finds a dead woman, subsequently identified as barista Laurel Goodwin. Despite reporting the crime to the police, Fletch becomes the prime suspect in the murder. Sergeant Inspector Morris Monroe (Roy Wood Jr.) and Junior Detective Griz (Ayden Mayeri) of the Boston Police Department begin tailing him, which he thwarts numerous times to continue his investigation without interference... Rotten Tomatoes consensus reads: "Shorter on wacky hijinks but still very funny, Confess, Fletch is a showcase for Jon Hamm's comedic chops that revives this long-dormant franchise with style." (Via Wikipedia) Chevy Chase made Fletch his back in the 80s and I guess he will always be connected to that character. However, rebooting Fletch in 2022 is maybe not wrong, and Jon Hamm plays him in a less slip on a banana peel way compared to Chase and I like this more subtle humour. Maybe that is closer to the book character. Then again Hamm´s Fletch is quite colourless and a bit boring to be honest. The storyline is as well not all that intriguing. "Confess, Fletch" is ok as entertainment for an eve, but once you've seen it you have forgotten it more or less. My biggest treat was the mesmerizing and gorgeous Ayden Mayeri as Junior Detective Griz. She really stood out. Love her.

Cute film that made no money nothing like original basically Hamm is Hamm in every role I'd give this a better rating but there was this annoying older blonde actress that was so charmless her scene brought the movie down.

Classic Jon Hamm dry charm. So dry, I had to moisturized my cinematic DNA mid-laughs

Enjoyed it enough, funny and enough twisting to keep me watching. Just did feel a little slow and not fleshed out enough for me. Maybe if I knew the original it would help.

CONFESS, FLETCH relies on Jon Hamm's always-welcome comedic chops, in this case generally of the mild-mannered, tongue-in-cheek variety. I can't compare it to the Chevy Chase originals, but it stands well enough on its own. The film is consistently amusing, in a decidedly understated way, but rarely funny, and amounts to little more than a charming if forgettable diversion.

Hamm is good, parallels with the original ok but it just drifted off - like the director left it to the AD for a while and popped in now and then.

Um filme ágil, rápido até demais, falas ligeiras, impensável acelerá-lo (acelerei), uma boa trama, com péssimas piadas sem graça, como comédia fraca, como entretenimento regular, como drama policial clichê… Chatinho, entediante, cansativo, mas venci, aos trancos, comédia fraca desanimadora...

Sophisticated modern noir with quirky and witty humour. It’s an unoriginal but fun mystery with plenty of red herrings, although the story is secondary to the charismatic Fletch. Great performance from Hamm who looks and acts the part perfectly and the supporting cast were also good. The ending was a bit cliché, but the comedy left me wanting for more.

Funny writing, loveable characters, great chemistry amongst all actors. What more do you want from a comedy.

I loved this movie so much. Jon Hamm was perfect and the writing was excellent. I love an actor who can pull off dry understated sarcasm and this movie has it from start-to-finish. The "bespoke" joke and the call-back to it later are so funny and well played that I was sitting in my office grinning like an idiot three days later when it I started thinking about it again.