Clue
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36 out of 100

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8.2 out of 10

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  • Starring: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry
  • Summary: Here is the murderously funny movie based on the world-famous Clue board game. And now, with this special videocassette version, you can see all three surprise endings! Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with a gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? Meet all the notorious suspects and discover all their foul play things. You'll love their dastardly doings as the bodies and the laughs pile up before your eyes. (Paramount Pictures)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 5 out of 11
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    80
    Clue is campy, high-styled escapism. In a short 87 minutes that just zip by, the well-known board game's one-dimensional card figures like Professor Plum and others become multi-dimensional personalities with enough wit, neuroses and motives to intrigue even the most adept whodunnit solver.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    Lots of sight gags and one-liners are attempted, but few of them succeed. The cast is talented but stranded in weak material.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    38
    Easily one of the most gimmicky films of all time, Clue must be the only movie in history to be adapted from a popular board game.
  4. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    30
    The murder-mystery board game becomes a frantic, unfunny spoof (1985) under the direction of British TV writer Jonathan Lynn. The script recycles Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians, with six guests invited by a mysterious host to spend the night in a creepy mansion, but instead of parodying the material Lynn simply surrounds it with extraneous pratfalls and wisecracks.

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  1. DinahC.
    10
    "Critics, I'd like to introduce you to this vial of crack. Crack, these are the critics. Oh, I see you've already met...." This movie is phenomenal! Truly a classic. Campy? Without a doubt, but very very funny. Some of the jokes are so low key that even after several viewings I'm still catching new ones. I've now seen a hundred video games turned into movies and very few have been as good as when this was taken from a friggin' boardgame. That alone has to say something.… Expand
  2. imthenoob
    10
    Its a cult classic for a reason. Its funny and entertaining to watch, Tim Curry definently makes this movie. I have watched this film numerous times and I have yet to get sick of it.… Expand
  3. NikJ.
    10
    Terribly underrated by the critics! This comedy is a fantastic well-thought spoof and has many subtle references to the Cold War at home. The once flat board game characters become multi-personalities that are each played well by comic geniuses. And the movie even has a Pulp Fiction/Citizen Kane element to it, as in you can watch it many times and still find something new and interesting about it (of course that could just be me since when I use to watch it I was a little kid, and now that I'm older I have a larger understanding of things). Sure some of the stuff doesn't make sense, but the movie even pokes fun at that too. Besides, it's a comedy, doesn't really have to make that much sense. My second favorite comedy of all-time (next to The Holy Grail). F*ck the critics!… Expand
  4. LaGuerta
    8
    A film which doesn't care and is all the better for not doing so. Tim Curry's presence brings what would be a forgettable film to the cusp of superb-ness.… Expand

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