Unfortunately, Hamm’s delivery is also drier than a 'Madmen' martini, lacking the razor-sharp sarcasm of say Ryan Reynolds, which blunts the humor.Īs aspirational it is to bring the series back to the books, the problem with being faithful to a book from the 1970s is the humor is old hat. Hamm’s personification of the bumbling but charming sleuth is nearly pitch perfect in terms of putting his stamp on the role without merely imitating Chevy Chase’s original character. Jon Hamm demonstrates he has the comedic timing and irreverence to pull off the witty humor audiences loved from Chevy Chase. Fletch quickly realizes he is being framed for the murder but stays one step ahead of the case detectives to prove his innocence, convinced the murder is tied to the stolen art. Fletch is in Beantown to find art stolen from his girlfriend’s family in Italy. The film is set in Boston where Fletch discovers a dead body in his VRBO apartment. Jon Hamm replaces Chevy Chase as the smart-aleck investigator who is now a former reporter, happily globetrotting as a sometimes-freelance investigator. In returning to 'Confess, Fletch,' director Greg Mottola sought to bring the big screen version back to the original source material. The second lackluster Chevy Chase film 'Fletch Lives' was not based upon one of McDonald’s books, not the least of its shortcomings. McDonald ultimately wrote nine Fletch novels, and several additional serial spin-offs. McDonald paid his own way to Harvard by working yachts and quit the Globe to write 'Fletch.' 'Fletch' won the prestigious Edgar Award for best first mystery novel and McDonald’s follow-up effort, 'Confess, Fletch' won another Edgar.

Many 'Confess, Fletch' fans are surprised to learn the early film was based upon an award-winning novel by Gregory McDonald, a former Boston Globe reporter from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

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