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Confess, Fletch is a 2022 American crime comedy film directed by Greg Mottola, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Zev Borow. Based on Gregory Mcdonald's 1976 novel of the same name, the film stars Jon Hamm, Lorenza Izzo, Marcia Gay Harden, Kyle MacLachlan, Roy Wood Jr. and John Slattery. It is the third installment in the Fletch series, following Fletch (1985) and Fletch Lives (1989), and the first not to star Chevy Chase.

Confess, Fletch
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Greg Mottola
Screenplay by	Zev Borow Greg Mottola
Based on	Confess, Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald
Produced by	Bill Block Connie Tavel Jon Hamm
Starring	Jon Hamm Marcia Gay Harden Kyle MacLachlan Roy Wood Jr. John Slattery
Cinematography	Sam Levy
Edited by	Andy Keir
Music by	David Arnold
Production company	Miramax
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (uncredited)
Release date	September 16, 2022 (2022-09-16)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million[1]
Box office	$538,842[2][3]

The film was released in a limited theatrical run and on premium video on demand on September 16, 2022 and was followed by a Showtime premiere on October 28, 2022.[4] Confess, Fletch received generally positive reviews.

Plot

Fletch is sent to Boston from Italy by his girlfriend Angela to recover her father’s multimillion-dollar paintings which were stolen and are in possession of an American art dealer named Ronald Horan. Angela’s father is an Italian billionaire who is kidnapped by the mob demanding his paintings as ransom.

As Fletch arrives in a rented town house in Boston, he finds a dead woman, subsequently identified as barista Laurel Goodwin, inside. Despite being the one who called the police, Fletch becomes the prime suspect in Goodwin's murder per Sergeant Inspector Monroe and Junior Detective Griz of the Boston Police Department, who begin tailing Fletch.

Fletch meanwhile meets with Horan and Tatiana under fake names, Tatiana being the ex-wife of town house owner Owen, whom Fletch suspects to be the actual killer. Fletch also meets Owen's neighbor Eve, who tells him about Owen's dark personality. Meanwhile, the countess, Angela’s stepmother, self-invites to stay with Fletch. Angela is not happy with this development as she suspects that the countess and her brother kidnapped her father. She decides to visit Boston where she initially appears to be friendly with the countess.

At dinner that night, Fletch, the countess, and Angela are visited by Owen, Tatiana, Eve, and the boyfriend of the murder victim, who tries to kill Fletch. When the boyfriend is distracted by Eve's dog, Fletch snatches his gun and subsequently finds out that Angela knew and was in contact with Owen. Angela abruptly leaves in the middle of the evening.

Fletch follows Angela and discovers that she is meeting with Horan on his sailboat. Fletch assumes that Angela stole the paintings and transferred them to Horan to sell. Horan pulls a gun and tries to kill Fletch but is shot dead by Detective Griz.

It is revealed that Horan killed Laurel Goodwin and framed Fletch to eliminate him from the painting transaction, as Horan planned to deceive Angela and pay off his debts by selling Angela's father's art.

Angela’s father, who was in fact in the Canary Islands and was not kidnapped, returns and persuades Fletch to keep the paintings. Fletch, from an undisclosed location in Latin America, sends a painting to Eve, his previous boss, and two street artists, and a cheque to the boyfriend of the dead girl.

Cast

• Jon Hamm as Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher
• Roy Wood Jr. as Sergeant Inspector Monroe
• Ayden Mayeri as Junior Detective Griz
• Lorenza Izzo as Angela de Grassi a.k.a. Andy, Fletch's girlfriend
• Kyle MacLachlan as Ronald Horan, a Boston art dealer
• Annie Mumolo as Eve, Owen's neighbor
• John Behlmann as Owen
• John Slattery as Frank Jaffe, Fletch's old boss who runs the Boston Sentinel now
• Lucy Punch as Tatiana, Owen's ex-wife
• Marcia Gay Harden as The Countess
• Erica McDermott as Detective #3
• Eugene Mirman as Yacht Club Security
• Kenneth Kimmins as The Commodore

Production

Following the release of Fletch (1985) and Fletch Lives (1989) starring Chevy Chase, attempts to reboot the series based on the Gregory Mcdonald novels frequently became mired in development hell. Names such as Kevin Smith and Jason Lee,[5] Bill Lawrence and Zach Braff,[6] and Jason Sudeikis[7] were previously attached to the property.

In July 2020, it was reported that Jon Hamm would star in and produce an adaptation of the Mcdonald novel Confess, Fletch directed by Greg Mottola.[8] In June 2021, Marcia Gay Harden, Kyle MacLachlan, Roy Wood Jr., and John Slattery joined the cast. Filming began in Boston on June 28, 2021.[9][10] In July 2021, Ayden Mayeri, Lorenza Izzo, and Annie Mumolo joined the cast.[11] As of July 7, 2021, the film was spotted shooting scenes in Worcester.[12] The film had only a 27 day shooting schedule and Hamm and Mottola returned a portion of their salaries in order to secure an additional 3 days of filming.[13]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 86% of 111 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's consensus reads, "Shorter on wacky hijinks but still very funny, Confess, Fletch is a showcase for Jon Hamm's comedic chops that revives this long-dormant franchise with style."[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[15]

Sequel

Shortly after the film's release, Mottola said he'd been hired to write a sequel based off the 1978 novel Fletch's Fortune, but said he was "not sure" if it would ever get made.[1]

References

External links

• Official site at Miramax
• Confess, Fletch at IMDb

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