Who Is Cletis Tout 2001

Critics score:
23 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Janice Page, Boston Globe: The result, however well-intentioned, is ironically just the sort of disposable, kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today's Hollywood. Read more

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: While you're watching this creamed-crime caper -- as unnecessarily murky as it is unoriginal -- you may find yourself wondering What is Cletis Tout? When it's finally over, the only question left is Why is Cletis Tout? Read more

Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: It won't hold up over the long haul, but in the moment, Finch's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a Saturday matinee. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: I could just feel the screenwriter at every moment 'Tap, tap, tap, tap, tapping away' on this screenplay. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: At best, Cletis Tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience. Read more

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Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: This mistaken-identity picture is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost. Read more

Gene Seymour, Newsday: Charming, if overly complicated... Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: A gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever, amusing and unpredictable. Read more

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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Awful. Read more

Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News: A woefully self-conscious, self-referential post-modern tale in a long line of Quentin Tarantino knockoffs that makes a strong case against letting film buffs write and direct movies. Read more

John Dentino, L.A. Weekly: Contrived pastiche of caper cliches. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: There was a lot I liked in Cletis Tout ... But it seemed a shame that the writer and director, Chris Ver Wiel, took a perfectly sound story idea and complicated it into an exercise in style. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Who Is Cletis Tout? won't change anybody's life, but it's a respectable B- movie -- airy, inconsequential and a little too cute at times, but fairly entertaining all the same. Read more

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Scott Foundas, Variety: A convoluted comic caper that labors to affect a lighthearted, off-the-cuff feel. Read more

Laura Sinagra, Village Voice: This charmless nonsense ensues amid clanging film references that make Jay and Silent Bob's Excellent Adventure seem understated. Read more