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- 1989
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
- 1989
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
Summary After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, Los Angeles reporter Irvin Fletcher (Chevy Chase) heads to the Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into trouble.
Directed By: Michael Ritchie
Written By: Gregory McDonald, Leon Capetanos
- 1989
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
- 1989
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
Fletch Lives
40
6.9
Where to Watch
Summary After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, Los Angeles reporter Irvin Fletcher (Chevy Chase) heads to the Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into trouble.
Directed By: Michael Ritchie
Written By: Gregory McDonald, Leon Capetanos
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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32% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
37% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
32% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
40
32% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
37% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
32% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Fletch Lives feels like TV, but at least it's clever, unpretentious TV. [20 Mar 1989, p.83]
Effective as these actors are, it's Chase's breezy performance - with its blend of irony and insouciance - that makes Fletch Lives worth a look. He's what Alan Alda would be if Alda could ever figure out how to adapt his TV persona to the big screen.
Film’s saving grace is its scathing satirical sketches of fictional televangelist preacher Jimmy Lee Farnsworth.
Fletch Lives is the ultimate comedy of condescension, a movie with a hero whose every other line of dialogue is a snide wisecrack directed at a fool. In this meager sequel, as in its popular predecessor, Chevy Chase demolishes every easy target in sight with a quip of the tongue. Some of the lines are funny, but after a while you just want to smack him.
Fletch Lives isn't a total zero. Three, or maybe four, of Chevy Chase's wisecracks work. But everything else about the film is feeble and poky. Even its tastelessness lacks the coarse energy of vulgarity. It's hard to believe that the world has had to wait five years for this witless, insipid sequel to "Fletch," an original that's easy to top. [17 Mar 1989, p.45]
Fletch Lives looks less like ''Fletch 2,'' which it is, numerically speaking, than ''Fletch 7,'' the bitter end of a worn-out series.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
6.9
63% Positive
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38% Mixed
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