I wasn't expecting it to be this quirky and funny. It's a movie based on a board game, after all (or alternatively, a remake of Murder by Death, which I have seen and enjoyed). But the comedy does stand up, and it's fun to see the game's absurdities (that you wouldn't know how a person was killed or where sparks of forensic ineptitude, the secret passages, the color-coded names) used as comic fodder. The characters aren't all what I was expecting from their well-known appearances (Mrs. White isn't the maid, for example), so they did give themselves license to change things to make a better story. And the cast of actors is rather good, though my personal favorites are Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan and, obviously, the always surprising Madeline Kahn.
I don't remember the last time a film made me laugh out loud, but this one did, several times.
I found the sheer number of puns and play-on-words, and the slightly camp, slapstick overacting very funny.
Overall, I really enjoyed it, although I felt as though the end did drag on a little bit, especially since the version I saw
A mostly terrible movie, foreshadowing the atrocity of all the adaptations coming from a thoughtless industry scraping for dollars in recognition-value.
Like all toy adaptations, the story layer itself is counter-intuitive to the foundation, as toys inherently receive their charm from whatever fantasy we project through interaction. Even so, Cluedo could have been treated as a great mystery satire - like the superior Murder By Death - rather than a goofy Scooby Doo-romp lacking in both characters and mystery. Rarely, since the vaudevillian era of Marx Brothers, have the audience been served so much needless running about and shouting. Forty years on, however, the stupidity necessarily overshadows the charm of such chaos. Unfortunately, even the few funny lines fall flat due to weak performances by everyone but Martin Mull and Christopher Lloyd who is barely on-screen.
3/10 - Although the film is off to an enjoyable start it becomes increasingly excruciating after 20 minutes, to the point that the least embarrassing thing about it all, is a sexy French maid.
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I wasn't expecting it to be this quirky and funny. It's a movie based on a board game, after all (or alternatively, a remake of Murder by Death, which I have seen and enjoyed). But the comedy does stand up, and it's fun to see the game's absurdities (that you wouldn't know how a person was killed or where sparks of forensic ineptitude, the secret passages, the color-coded names) used as comic fodder. The characters aren't all what I was expecting from their well-known appearances (Mrs. White isn't the maid, for example), so they did give themselves license to change things to make a better story. And the cast of actors is rather good, though my personal favorites are Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan and, obviously, the always surprising Madeline Kahn.TheMadMovieMan
"I'M NOT SHOUTING!...Well, alright, I am...I'm SHOUTING, I'm SHOUTING, I'm SHOUT--" *bang*Aissi
I don't remember the last time a film made me laugh out loud, but this one did, several times.I found the sheer number of puns and play-on-words, and the slightly camp, slapstick overacting very funny.
Overall, I really enjoyed it, although I felt as though the end did drag on a little bit, especially since the version I saw
ozgungenc
I decided to watch it after reading Enialuj's comment here... and I really enjoyed it. Very funny and has great comedy performances.FrozenDurian
Very interesting and funny! I didn't expect much from it but my friend loved it and I'm glad I took a chance with this.Jashezilla
Such a funny movie with probably the best one-liners I've ever heard.E. T. Blunt
One of my favorite live-action cartoons.MarkE89
A mostly terrible movie, foreshadowing the atrocity of all the adaptations coming from a thoughtless industry scraping for dollars in recognition-value.Like all toy adaptations, the story layer itself is counter-intuitive to the foundation, as toys inherently receive their charm from whatever fantasy we project through interaction. Even so, Cluedo could have been treated as a great mystery satire - like the superior Murder By Death - rather than a goofy Scooby Doo-romp lacking in both characters and mystery. Rarely, since the vaudevillian era of Marx Brothers, have the audience been served so much needless running about and shouting. Forty years on, however, the stupidity necessarily overshadows the charm of such chaos. Unfortunately, even the few funny lines fall flat due to weak performances by everyone but Martin Mull and Christopher Lloyd who is barely on-screen.
3/10 - Although the film is off to an enjoyable start it becomes increasingly excruciating after 20 minutes, to the point that the least embarrassing thing about it all, is a sexy French maid.