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Clue (1985)

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Reviews Counted: 19

Fresh: 14

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 6.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A group of blackmailed guests gather in a spooky mansion, hosted by an odd butler, Wadsworth (Tim Curry), in this campy adaptation of the popular board game. But suspicions flare when their... [More]

Starring: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Martin Mull, Madeline Kahn

Director: Jonathan Lynn

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Feb 3, 2009

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Only Lesley Ann Warren, as a tough-talking madam, finds an effective level of stylization, using her leggy physique and wildly expressive features to create a cartoonish figure that's funny within its own boundaries.

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01/19/07

Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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the endings are almost intended to be seen sequentially, and they are the funniest when viewed in that manner

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07/21/06

Douglas Pratt

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06/24/06

Time Out

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08/05/05

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Curry steals the show in this fun and frantic comedy.

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06/20/05

Bill Clark

FromTheBalcony

Like a well-oiled machine, "Clue" uses slapstick and situational humor to tell a rather pointed story.

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04/17/05

Wesley Lovell

Oscar Guy

Frenetic, silly, but not as bad as is often claimed.

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03/09/05

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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10/23/04

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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As a game and as a movie, Clue is fun.

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08/22/04

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

Honestly, it was much, much funnier than it had any right to be.

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07/20/04

Widgett Walls

Needcoffee.com

goofy and entertaining

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07/19/04

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

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07/01/04

Andy Klein

Los Angeles CityBeat

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02/08/04

Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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01/06/04

Greg Maki

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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11/13/03

Chris Barsanti

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05/20/03

Janet Maslin

New York Times

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03/10/03

Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

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02/25/03

Rob Blackwelder

SPLICEDWire

A great movie to get drunk to.

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12/04/02

Rob Vaux

Flipside Movie Emporium

Like a stage farce brought (laboriously) to the screen. An inexhaustible ensemble helps a whole lot.

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07/26/02

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

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