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Movie Review for Who Is Cletis Tout?
Movie Review for
Who Is Cletis Tout?
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52 Reviews total.
Release date: 7/26/2002
Run length: 92 mins.
Categories:
Comedy
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Thriller
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Crime/Gangster
Summary:
A farcical tale in which an escaped convict assumes the identity of a deceased man, Cletis Tout, only to discover Tout is targeted for rubbing out by the mob. Now the escapee has to deal with not only the police, but a hitman as well.
Reviews of Who Is Cletis Tout?
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (7/0)
There was a lot I liked in Cletis Tout ... But it seemed a shame that the writer and director, Ch...
By
Harvey S. Karten
of Compuserve (7/0)
Topkapi this is not.
By
Owen Gleiberman
of Entertainment Weekly (7/0)
Awful.
By
Walter Chaw
of Film Freak Central (7/0)
de Rossi's inability to handle a two-wheeler stands in as a peculiarly pithy commentary on the re...
By
David Noh
of Film Journal International (7/0)
Ver Wiel has concocted one of the most elaborately twisted, diverting caper films in years.
By
Max Messier
of filmcritic.com (7/0)
Ver Wiel's desperate attempt at wit is lost, leaving the character of Critical Jim two-dimensiona...
Reviews of Who Is Cletis Tout?
By
Max Messier
of filmcritic.com (7/0)
Writer/director Chris Ver Wiel's desperate attempt at wit is lost...
By
MaryAnn Johanson
of Flick Filosopher (7/0)
Warmed-over Tarantino by way of wannabe Elmore Leonard.
By
Frank Scheck
of Hollywood Reporter (7/0)
...tries so hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident.
By
Frank Scheck
of Hollywood Reporter (7/0)
Tries so hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident.
By
Steve Rhodes
of Internet Reviews (7/0)
Mildly entertaining.
By
Kevin Thomas
of Los Angeles Times (7/0)
A gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever, amusing and unpredictable.
Reviews of Who Is Cletis Tout?
By
Frank Ochieng
of Movie Eye (7/0)
Whereas the extremely competent hitman films such as Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty resonate a sardo...
By
Frank Swietek
of One Guy's Opinion (7/0)
The real question this movie poses is not 'Who?' but 'Why?'
By
Tor Thorsen
of Reel.com (7/0)
Perhaps the most annoying thing about Who Is Cletis Tout? is that it's a crime movie made by some...
By
Jim Lane
of Sacramento News & Review (7/0)
There's a sweetness to it that's disarming and diverting -- mostly thanks to performances of Slat...
By
Mick LaSalle
of San Francisco Chronicle (7/0)
Who Is Cletis Tout? won't change anybody's life, but it's a respectable B- movie -- airy, inconse...
By
Jim Judy
of Screen It! (7/0)
Not quite as bad as when a black comedy swings and completely misses, the film thankfully isn't e...
Reviews of Who Is Cletis Tout?
By
Sean Axmaker
of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (7/0)
(A) misfired exercise in recycled crime movie clichés...
By
Moira MacDonald
of Seattle Times (7/0)
At best, Cletis Tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie exper...
By
Ed Gonzalez
of Slant Magazine (7/0)
Fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references.
By
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
of TheMovieChicks.com (7/0)
Who is the audience for Cletis Tout? Anybody who enjoys quirky, fun, popcorn movies with a touch ...
By
Maitland McDonagh
of TV Guide's Movie Guide (7/0)
Screenwriter Chris ver Weil's directing debut is good-natured and never dull, but its virtues are...
By
Scott Foundas
of Variety (7/0)
A convoluted comic caper that labors to affect a lighthearted, off-the-cuff feel.
Reviews of Who Is Cletis Tout?
By
Laura Sinagra
of Village Voice (7/0)
This charmless nonsense ensues amid clanging film references that make Jay and Silent Bob's Excel...
By
Elvis Mitchell
of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
This mistaken-identity picture is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost.
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Elvis Mitchell
of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
This mistaken-identity picture is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost.
By
Phil Villarreal
of Arizona Daily Star (3/4) No reference
Overall, Cletis Tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone.
By
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
of Atlanta Journal-Constitution (3/4) No reference
Director Chris Ver Wiel, who also wrote the script, has a terrible ear for dialogue.
By
Bridget Byrne
of Boxoffice Magazine (3/4) No reference
There's skimpiness to the whole movie that undercuts its good effort at a modern-minded twist on ...
Reviews of Who Is Cletis Tout?
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (3/4) No reference
By the end of the film I was a little restless, a little impatient at being jerked this way and t...
By
Kevin Thomas
of Chicago Tribune (3/4) No reference
...a gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever, amusing and unpredictable.
By
Jeff Vice
of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (6/1) No reference
The movie attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster/crime comedy -- that wore out its ...
By
Susan Stark
of Detroit News (3/4) No reference
Cletis is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer.
By
Marshall Fine
of Journal News (Westchester, NY) (3/4) No reference
As self-aware movies go, Who is Cletis Tout? is clever enough, though thin writing proves its und...
By
John Dentino
of L.A. Weekly (3/4) No reference
Contrived pastiche of caper clichés.
Reviews of Who Is Cletis Tout?
By
Kevin Thomas
of Los Angeles Times (3/4) No reference
...clever, amusing and unpredictable.
By
Rex Reed
of New York Observer (3/4) No reference
The skills of a calculus major at M.I.T. are required to balance all the formulaic equations in t...
By
Lou Lumenick
of New York Post (3/4) No reference
A poor man's Get Shorty.
By
Gene Seymour
of Newsday (3/4) No reference
Charming, if overly complicated...
By
Scott Tobias
of Onion AV Club (3/4) No reference
A smug and convoluted action-comedy that doesn't allow an earnest moment to pass without remindin...
By
Jay Boyar
of Orlando Sentinel (3/4) No reference
Quirky, often-fun film.
Reviews of Who Is Cletis Tout?
By
Steve Schneider
of Orlando Weekly (3/4) No reference
Why sit through a crummy, wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies, when yo...
By
Joe Baltake
of Sacramento Bee (3/4) No reference
If you love movies, it's hard not to like Who Is Cletis Tout? or at least smile through it.
By
Arthur Salm
of San Diego Union-Tribune (3/4) No reference
The whole mildly pleasant outing -- the R rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse -- remai...
By
Jeffrey M. Anderson
of San Francisco Examiner (3/4) No reference
Not only is this film completely useless, it's also about five years too late.
By
Jeffrey M. Anderson
of San Francisco Examiner (3/4) No reference
Not only is this film completely useless, it's also about five years too late.
By
Ed Gonzalez
of Slant Magazine (3/4) No reference
...fluffy neo-noir hiding behind cutesy film references.
Reviews of Who Is Cletis Tout?
By
Michael O'Sullivan
of Washington Post (3/4) No reference
It's just a little too self-satisfied.
By
Stephen Hunter
of Washington Post (3/4) No reference
Merely a diversion, but clever enough to divert.
By
Connie Ogle
of Miami Herald (6/1) Not Reachable
It won't hold up over the long haul, but in the moment, Finch's tale provides the forgettable ple...
By
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
of St. Paul Pioneer Press (3/4) Not Reachable
A great idea becomes a not-great movie.
Movie Distributors Production Companies
Fireworks Pictures
Seven Arts Pictures
Fire Corps Productions
Nichol Moon Entertainment Movie Studios
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