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Fletch
1985
· Movie
· 98 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2656
- IMDb #2465
- Rotten Tomatoes #1637
- Metacritic #1812
- Letterboxd #2740
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2144
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1564
- Metacritic Critics #1690
- Metacritic Audience #2233
- Criticker #1544
- Kinopoisk #2203
- Trakt #2460
Every rating
51–81
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 51, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 81.
See the most agreed on films →When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.
Details
- Director
- Michael Ritchie
- Writer
- Andrew Bergman
- Based on
- Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, Vincent Pictures
- Released
- 31 May 1985
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $8.0M
- Box office
- $59.6M
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Awards
1 nomination total
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