Confess, Fletch

"A dead body. A stolen Picasso. And this guy."

2022 1h 39m EN

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★6.2TMDB · 426

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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.

“A dead body. A stolen Picasso. And this guy.”

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Cast

Jon Hamm
Fletch
Roy Wood Jr.
Inspector Morris Monroe
Annie Mumolo
Eve
Ayden Mayeri
Griz
Lorenza Izzo
Angela de Grassi
John Slattery
Frank Jaffe
Kyle MacLachlan
Ronald Horan
Marcia Gay Harden
Countess Sylvia de Grassi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Greg Mottola
Writers: Greg Mottola, Zev Borow
Languages: English, Italian
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 3% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Italian.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Greg Mottola, shot by Sam Levy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

ERA

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Original score by David Arnold. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Andy Keir shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jon Hamm and Roy Wood Jr. and Annie Mumolo carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A dead body. A stolen Picasso. And this guy.".

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The take

Greg Mottola directs. Sam Levy behind the camera. David Arnold scores. Andy Keir cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Italian.

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1Earned back only 3% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 4 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Italian.
4Directed by Greg Mottola, shot by Sam Levy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by David Arnold. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Andy Keir shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jon Hamm and Roy Wood Jr. and Annie Mumolo carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "A dead body. A stolen Picasso. And this guy.".
9IMDB entry: tt12718300 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 14 themes, including "based on novel or book", "art theft", "stolen painting", "reboot".

The technical file

Cinematography: Sam Levy
Original score: David Arnold
Editing: Andy Keir
Production design: Alex DiGerlando
Costume design: Wendy Chuck
Makeup / hair: Brenda McNally
VFX supervisor: Dan Cayer
Stunt coordinator: Paul Marini
Runtime: 99 min · 1h 39m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $500,000
Return: 3% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Confess, Fletch (2022)

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Horseface2022-09-24
★ 1/10
There may be a movie here, but you won't be able to see it. This is one of those movies where the advent of HDR had the crew go, "Well, let's turn off all the lights and fire the post-production crew." In other words, it's impossible to see what's going on. Absolutely unwatchable.
CinemaSerf2022-11-21
★ 6/10
"I.M. Fletcher" (John Hamm) arrives at a posh apartment procured for him by his aristocratic Italian girlfriend to discover the body of a strange young woman lying on the floor. He calls the cops and is soon the prime suspect of the laconically effective "Insp. Monroe" (Roy Wood Jr.) and his enthusiastic new sidekick "Griz" (Ayden Mayeri). It seems to "Fletch" that the only way he can prove his innocence is to use his legendary investigative journalism skills to get to the bottom of it all. Meantime, his gal at home is trying to fend off her grasping step-mother after her father is kidnapped and the ransom is a Picasso painting that is one of nine that was stolen from their home. Maybe the solution to these mysteries lies in finding the paintings? That trail introduces him to the rather germo-phobe art broker "Horan" (Kyle MacLachlan) and soon an intricate game of cat and mouse is afoot! Essentially this is all about Hamm, and for the first half hour he manages to amusingly, and quite deftly, bounce his character off the others - including the glamorous "Andi" (Lorenza Izzo); her lively nemesis "Countess Sylvia" (Marcia Gay Harden) and his rather flakey next door neighbour "Eve" (Annie Mulolo). That characterisation quickly starts to wear a bit thin, though, and the latter parts of this comedy are pretty derivative and well-travelled with a few set-piece comedy enterprises that start to look more and more like a few conjoined episodes of a television sitcom. Hamm has good timing with his delivery, and his one scene with the scatty Mumolo stands out for me, but otherwise we've seen this all before. Agatha Christie it isn't!
rsanek2023-01-20
★ 10/10
What an amazing film. Love the aesthetic.