Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips

Fletch is a reporter for a Los Angeles newspaper, but he acts more like a detective. When an obscure relative leaves him a Louisiana mansion in his will, Fletch is naturally curious. Arriving in Louis...( read more  read more... )iana, events occur that make him suspect that all is not well, and there is more to the property than he has been led to believe.

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PG, 95 min.

Directed by: Michael Ritchie

Release Date: March 17, 1989

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DVD Release Date: September 2, 2003

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  • December 18, 2008
    Continuation of the series. A little off from the first but still not bad. Wished they had continued and let Chase grow into the role more. Tone down his old school mannerisms. The character is smart mouthed enough that they don't need it.
  • November 29, 2008
    Fletch Lives is the sequel to the 1985 comedy/noirish film starring Chevy Chase as investigative reporter Jane Doe. In Lives Fletch inherits a plantation in Louisiana and quits the reporter game but winds up in the middle of another conspiracy this time involving land speculation...( read more), toxic waste, and a Christian amusement park.

    Is Fletch Lives better than the original? No, of course not, but it is better than most of the stuff Chevy Chase has been in after it (Christmas Vacation excluded). Chevy is still the wise ass reporter who has a thousand different names and a thousand different comebacks that remain totally oblivious to whomever he's using them on. There the throwaway girl (apparently Fletch uses the same cologne as Roger Moore: women just fall onto him). Hal Holbrook plays Matlock. That's right, just call him Matlock. The real standout is R. Lee Ermey who goes from the legendary performance in Full Metal Jacket to playing a televangelist. And he pulls it off.

    The story is Bblah. it's not weak and it's not strong it's just there. Overall Fletch Lives isn't the greatest thing out there, but it isn't the worst. Chevy last shining moment? One of them anyway.
  • July 30, 2007
    Better than the original Fletch movie, with Chevy Chase donning many funny disguises to solve a series of wrong-doings in the richly-flavored old South. I liked his impersonation of a televangelist scammer, and his tribute to "Song of the South".
  • May 28, 2008
    Alright.
  • December 16, 2007
    Hilarious!
  • May 18, 2009
    If you liked fletch you will like this one, this is for the hard core fletch fan
  • May 1, 2009
    animated musical scene was the highlight
  • April 12, 2009
    Misma historia que con la primera. Algunos comentarios son graciosos.
  • March 21, 2009
    Fletch Lives
    Fletch Lives
  • September 12, 2008
    Quite funny.
    Just not as funny as the first. :/

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