Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

A different way of telling a story

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Genre lovers will tout this as one of the best farces created, and that from a board game spin off. Yes, there are jokes and gags that despite being quite predictable and still funny in the sense that the cast is laughing along with you. That's the binding spirit that floats our New England whodunnit.I'll admit that I found teh cast to be a mixed bag of interest with a hit or miss response. Martin Mull's Colonel Mustard holds little authority as he appears off of his set of fern wood tonight. TV show also fell short on my list, but that could be my state. Christopher Llyoyd's Professor Plum was equal parts rushed and breach birth delivery that added little to the wit and entanglement. Thankfully Tim Curry's Wadsworth carries us along through the car wrecks, train wrecks of predictability (in a mystery) and the bodies piling up.Eileen Brennan's Mrs Peacock was noteworthy but outdone by Madeline khans' Mrs. White (dressed in black) and Lesley Ann Warren's Miss Scarlet who seemed to be having a great time coming in and shining as a late replacement for the rehabbing Carrie Fisher. Michael McKeon's Mr. Green was stereotypical and was required and get he gets the best line of the night!Not a great movie, could certainly fill in as a cult classic or make a little bit of fun out of a lazy weekend afternoon on the couch.

Deaths, which I believe occurred in the order I list them: Mr Boddy, a guest (Lee Ving), but not one of the initial six who sat to dinner. Apparently it takes two attempts on his life to successfully do him in.The cook, Mrs Ho (played by Kellye Nakahara who portrayed nurses with three different names on M*A*S*H), with a knife in her back, found in the reefer in the kitchen.Stranded Motorist (Jeffrey Kramer) is killed in the lounge.Police Officer -billed as The Cop- (Bill Henderson) in the library.Singing Telegram Girl (Jane Wiedlin) is shot immediately outside the front door, with her only spoken dialog "Da da, da dun dun dun . . . I am your singing telegram girl . . ." Yvette the Maid (Colleen Camp) is found dead in the billiard room, choked with a hangman's rope.Three different endings were used: the first making Miss Scarlet the murderer; the second blames Mrs Peacock; while the third places responsibility with multiple characters, with Plum killing Boddy, Peacock killing the cook, Mustard killing the motorist, White killing Yvette the Maid, and Scarlet killing The Cop, while Green is accused of shooting the telegram girl. After this, Green is forced to shoot Butler Wadsworth, and reveals himself as an FBI agent planted in the house as part of an investigation. A forth ending exists, but the director insisted it be abandoned because it "wasn't very good."

In 1950s New England, six total strangers are invited for dinner at a grand manor using pseudonyms to hide their identities (Mr. Green, Mrs. White, et al.). As it turns out, they're all being blackmailed by the same man, the seventh guest, who quickly ends up dead. Jonathan Lynn directed this adaptation of the Parker Bros. crime-solving board game from his own screenplay, from a story he originated with John Landis, who also co-produced (and whose style is prevalent throughout). The performances are assured and polished without ever being truly funny, and only a few of the set-pieces (such as an unraveling chandelier) have any visual energy. The film--released theatrically with three different endings--did a quick fade in 1985, but has since garnered a loyal fan-base. It isn't really very good--and reminds one of 1976's "Murder by Death" besides, beginning with the shots of cars arriving up the hill accompanied by John Morris' derivative score. *1/2 from ****

Some movies from the eighties have aged poorly (cough The Big Chill Cough). I have to admit that I fully expected this to be one of them. I have good memories of Clue but it had been a few decades and who knows how my memory was selective. Even without the veil of nostalgia Clue is a delight. A slightly campier take on Murder by Death it has a star-studded cast bringing the board game to life. Tim Curry and Madeline Kahn lead the delightful cast with surprisingly entertaining turns by underrated Martin Mull and Colleen Camp.One nice kids today aspect of the film is the realization that the recent trend of turning games such as Ouija and Battleship into movies is hardly a new one. Clue is not just the granddaddy of the genre but is the reigning champ. It is as good as you remember and better than it had to be or should have ever been.