Clue

On paper, this movie should not work, but what we got was an instant classic that is eminently rewatchable and assembled one of the best funny casts ever. The energy levels of the movie are off the charts, keeping it wildly entertaining even in today's short attention span world.

This screwball comedy turned a rainy-day board game into inspiration — and attempted to answer the question of what Colonel Mustard has up his sleeve.

There's a movie here, and there's a gimmick. The gimmick undermines the movie and the gimmick is attached to the wrong part of the movie. Other than that, Clue offers a few big laughs early on followed by a lot of characters running around on a treadmill to nowhere. [13 Dec 1985, p.38]

Lots of sight gags and one-liners are attempted, but few of them succeed. The cast is talented but stranded in weak material.

Easily one of the most gimmicky films of all time, Clue must be the only movie in history to be adapted from a popular board game.

The murder-mystery board game becomes a frantic, unfunny spoof (1985) under the direction of British TV writer Jonathan Lynn. The script recycles Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians, with six guests invited by a mysterious host to spend the night in a creepy mansion, but instead of parodying the material Lynn simply surrounds it with extraneous pratfalls and wisecracks.

The bad news for everyone else is that the colorfully named characters from Clue remain flat enough to be stored in a box, and that all three endings are unpersuasive. [23 Dec 1985, p.79]

One of my favorite movies of all time. It's not "finely crafted" or "compelling", but it's incredibly fun. Just suspend some disbelief and enjoy the genius of Madeline Kahn and Tim Curry, and it's densely packed with little nuggets of awesome from the entire ensemble cast. Best if you love wordplay and corny gags. LOVE IT

I love this movie it's fun with good dialog between the characters, great casting and it's based on a board game.

I don't want a remake starring Ryan Reynolds, I want a remake starring Drag Queens. P.S. Really quotable, loved Tim Curry!

Despite what other critics may think, I found the film to be greatly set-up as far as the humour. With that being said, I will admit it could have used a little more subtlety and a little less "cardboard" from the game.

For around half an hour, the straight-up cheeseball nature of this dated comic ensemble holds its own. After that, the gimmick teeters and the punchlines begin to sag. Despite a lights-out cast, the bits of genuine humor are sporadic at best, surrounded by loads of forced puns and winks or nods at the camera. By the end, I was fighting off a heavy set of eyelids and praying for everything to wrap up already. The idea of doing three different endings, chosen at random prior to each screening, was a brilliant concept but the execution leaves a lot to be desired - none of them really work.