Spoiler This movie is by far one of the most well-crafted scripts ever. Every joke is put in the perfect place and Chevy Chase has the right dry humor to deliver them. In between the jokes is a decent plot of a journalist Irwin Fletcher aka Jane Doe (Chase) who uncovers a major story on drugs, murder, multiple wives and crooked cops. This movie has it all. It goes as follows: Fleth meets Allen Wyck who asks him to kill him. Fletch accepts and later falls for Wyck's wife. In the course of his love he spends much time on the beach hanging with junkies Fat Sam and Gummy--which is how he stumbles onto the crooked cops. Later investigating Mr. Wyck he learns he is married to a girl in Provo, Utah. When it's discovered Fletch goes to his ends to put it all together finding out that Police Chief Carlin is in cahoots with Wyck on a scam worth millions. Fletch wins, gets the girl and so goes it.
With classic dialogue to be repeated throughout the ages, such as: "I'll have a Bloody Mary, a steak sandwich...and a steak sandwich.", "I was going to buy this place till I found out Butch Cassidy killed himself here. Bow and Arrow...very strange.", "What the hell you need with ball bearings?" and "Can I borrow your towel? My car just hit a water buffalo."
I have owned this movie for years and laugh everytime I see it. Disappointed as I was with the sequel "Fletch Lives", this is the keeper. I would recommend this movie to anyone who was looking for some laughs.
With classic dialogue to be repeated throughout the ages, such as: "I'll have a Bloody Mary, a steak sandwich...and a steak sandwich.", "I was going to buy this place till I found out Butch Cassidy killed himself here. Bow and Arrow...very strange.", "What the hell you need with ball bearings?" and "Can I borrow your towel? My car just hit a water buffalo."
I have owned this movie for years and laugh everytime I see it. Disappointed as I was with the sequel "Fletch Lives", this is the keeper. I would recommend this movie to anyone who was looking for some laughs.