Who is Cletis Tout? (2002)
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Reviews Counted:55
Fresh:13
Rotten:42
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: Cliched and endlessly self-referential, Who Is Cletis Tout? doesn't add anything original to the crime genre.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: While in prison, Trevor Finch (Christian Slater), an ex-convict specializing in identification falsification, meets a magician and jewel thief, Micah (Richard Dreyfuss). Together, they bust out and... [More]
Starring: Christian Slater, Richard Dreyfuss, Tim Allen, Portia De Rossi
Director: Chris Ver Wiel
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On the level of the dime-a-dozen Tarantino wannabes that clutter the bottom shelves at the video store. Full Review |
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There's a sweetness to it that's disarming and diverting -- mostly thanks to performances of Slater, Richard Dreyfuss as his partner in crime, and Portia Di Rossi as Dreyfuss' daughter. Full Review |
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The whole mildly pleasant outing -- the R rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse -- remains aloft not on its own self-referential hot air, but on the inspired performance of Tim Allen. Full Review |
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If you love movies, it's hard not to like Who Is Cletis Tout? or at least smile through it. Full Review |
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Overall, Cletis Tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone. Full Review |
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A great idea becomes a not-great movie. Full Review |
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The movie attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago, and its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches isn't exactly endearing. Full Review |
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