Clue (1985)

Stars	User	Rating
12	BeeDub	95 _91st
Clever, fun, and energetic farce. The cast is fantastic (they're all clearly having a ball), and the rapid-fire script is packed with quotable lines.
10	BillyShears	80 _77th
This must've been as fun to make as watching the maid bounce around.
5	Kojiless	68 _72nd
I've never found slapstick particularly entertaining, but it works quite well here. Tim Curry is wholly responsible for making sure this movie doesn't get filed under 'mediocre 80s porridge.'
4	doctor7	81 _74th
I completely underestimated this movie. I thought it would be a lackluster boring one-laugh-an-hour flick but Curry is hilarious and the rest of the movie keeps up for the most part. An absolute must see if you enjoy Airplane! type movies.
4	AgentSnipe	90 _97th
Totally underestimated. It has an awesome cast and portrays this murder-mystery in the great comedy style of the traditional farce.
4	Dorkovsky	2 _11th
I'll admit to enjoying the 3rd act (referring to all 3 endings), especially the very last one, but I found the majority of the film to be extremely unfunny and irritating.
4	GreatScott85	74 _29th
A guilty-pleasure in just how much fun this madcap film can be, even if it's not very consistent (with 3 endings, how can it be?)
3	svicciarelli	87 _63rd
I love this movie. It's funny and has longevity - I never get tired of seeing it.
3	WoozyB	90 _86th
I always thought I wouldn't enjoy the cheesy, talky nature of the movie. Boy was I wrong.
3	FrederikA	65 _59th
I'm pretty sure that the screwball comedic tone in this board game-tuned-movie, was stale in the mid-80s, but somehow it feels tolerable, sometimes even charming, now 30 years later, even though the poor actors are sort-of left hanging by some fairly sloppy editing/directing. Still, the whodunnit-in-a-mansion schtick is always welcome, and the multiple ending a fun extra gimmick.
3	Paxton	70 _63rd
A veritable wealth of cluevage.
3	Groovy_Souls	65 _47th
Honestly, its pretty damn fine. While it doesn't necessarily hold up to today's comedy standards, it has a few good laughs and a great cast. Also its board game gimmick works very, very well. All in all, it's not anything Oscar-worthy, but it's a damn fun film.
2	Parmandur	80 _81st
Overlooked classic.
2	cagedwisdom	75 _65th
Not every joke hits the target, but it's frequently hilarious - and far more than expected. Tim Curry is amazing.
2	auritech	59 _48th
Almost a remake of Neil Simon's Murder By Death, and once that connection was made, I couldn't enjoy the film anymore.
2	Nathan S	1 _6th
Lowbrow, obnoxious, and ultimately inconsequential. An impressive cast of b-tier character actors is squandered away on ineffective slapstick, tit gags, and flat punchlines.
2	twincinema	65 _43rd
Tim Curry running took some real dedication. I looked up the review by Ebert, and he did not disappoint. He called Colleen Camp's performance "wonderfully bouncy". Oh, Ebert, you little rascal.
2	Tripwyre	83 _81st
Loaded to the brim with cliches, this is over-the-top fun. Lynn draws greatness from the ensemble cast, but really, this is Tim Curry's movie and he is something to behold in it. While many films suffer from poor endings, Clue has endings flying out the wazoo. It is the first (only?) movie to show a different ending depending on which theater you attended, and what night you saw it on. All three work (though one is clearly best), and you can watch each consecutively on the DVD. I just love it.
2	Anomaly	74 _57th
Takes a while to get into the swing of things, but soon reaches a pleasantly ludicrous tone, especially once Tim Curry starts to lose his composure.
2	KasperL	90 _97th
I have nothing but love for this. 'Clue' is so much fun. I should rewatch it more often.
2	purgatos	73 _56th
Far and away the best board game to movie adaptation ever.
2	JakeAesthete	19 _17th
Trivia: Tom Stoppard and Stephen Sondheim were both offered the chance to write this. Needless to say they both turned it down, i'd like to think because they knew that a movie based on a board game was fundamentally a dumb idea. The screenplay that does exist appears to be written by someone who saw His Girl Friday and decided that all it takes to write a screwball comedy is a few vaguely clever lines and a whole lot of yelling for no apparent reason.
2	AshWilliams	88 _84th
A level of zaniness and fun that modern films can only dream of.
2	Falooza	76 _81st
It is undoubtedly the best board game movie adapation ever.
2	oldgoat	63 _33rd
I find it odd that I know more than one person who says this is the funniest movie of all time. I laughed a couple times and the plot keeps you watching but it's just alright.
2	SirStuckey	65 _45th
Relatively overrated. It's still funny and has some laughs but there are numerous bits that don't work. The multiple endings did nothing for me.
2	Duco	71 _39th
What an ingenious experiment that's both enjoyable and something I've never seen before in cinema. The movie fails a bit short with some average acting, but the whole thing was really fun to watch.
2	OfTheAllies	90 _95th
I love this movie. I love everything about it. The cast is made up of some of the funniest people who were around at the time and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves. The script is terrific, packed with one liners and gags that never fail to make me laugh. And the endings are all great. Any comparisons to Murder By Death (another movie that I adore) are faint at best. It's just a a lot of fun and I always enjoy watching this one.
2	natebarrios	65 _40th
Classic screwball and slapstick throwback. The writing is cheesy enough to make it an obvious product of the 80s, but the ending is pretty clever in its own right. Also, Tim Curry.
2	princemuchao	96 _93rd
This is maybe my biggest guilty pleasure. It is a weird mix of overt and subtle humor that certainly rewards repeat viewings and trust me... I have repeat viewed the fuck out of this one. A great comedy cast, immensely quotable, and a perfect script and soundtrack. Madeline Khan and Tim Curry are especially fun to watch, but everyone does a fabulous job making a movie based on a board game fun to watch.
2	antidood1	70 _59th
Very silly. Clue has great characters, a simple concept and a great execution. Movies like this are easy to review, because they really only go for one thing: laughs. And Clue definitely delivers on that front. But it also manages to set up the story and atmosphere just right. It never gets so silly that the whole things falls apart (á la Monty Python and the Holy Grail), and the corny humour suits it perfectly within the context.
2	aross	95 _94th
Pretty fast paced and very funny. Each character has a few great quotable lines, and I've seen this too many times to count.
2	philamental	77 _74th
What an unexpectedly entertaining romp! A murder mystery farce from the mid 80s that is based on a board game? Surely this wouldn't be enjoyable 30 years later unless in an ironic so bad it's good way? Amazingly this works brilliantly. A thin premise is fleshed out with fantastically over the top comedic performances and witty dialogue that just charms it's viewer into enjoying the ride. While not every gag works, Clue effectively solves the mystery of comedic entertainment in delightful fashion
2	boomdiddly	84 _87th
The best movie adaptation of a board game you will ever see. Ever.
2	moralreef	85 _75th
"I hated her so much... it- it- the fl- it- flame...flames. Flames on the side of my face..."
2	Quintonjamin	100 _97th
I may be biased because I watched this so many times as a kid, but Tim Curry and the rest of the cast are awesome. The mystery plot isn't amazing, but that lets the comedy shine, though I do love the three endings.
2	Vaudevillian	85 _54th
*endlessly quotes movie
1	TripleSH	84 _77th
On first thought, you think, "How can a board game be made into a decent movie?" Then they put together this cast, and it's actally pretty damn funny.
1	MartinTeller	10 _0th
One of my most hated movies ever. I don't know who decided that funny = CONSTANT manic shouting and histrionics, but it's unbelievably annoying and difficult to withstand.
1	SlrSoapbox	75 _59th
Wonderfully silly. Enjoyed Tim Curry being over-the-top and Christopher Lloyd being an irredeemable pervert. Loved the multiple endings gimmick. It kind of dragged in the beginning though, but once bodies started dropping then things got interesting.
1	UKSubs	100 _99th
A hilarious mad-cap romp through a house filled with predictable and unpredictable laughs filled in by an incredibly talented cast, especially Tim Curry.
1	Filligan	86 _63rd
I came for the mystery, I stayed for the comedy, which I don't think gets as much credit as it should. Sure, Curry and Co. are running about like idiots, and some laughs rely on physical mishaps, but none of it is overused nor randomly placed. The comedy is organic to the characters and situations, which is what sets it above most screwball movies made today. I think this may have one of the best last lines ever.
1	BattleToad	90 _89th
Based on the classic board game, this movie is way more fun than the game. It's relentlessly clever, and Tim Curry is incredible in it. It's also supremely rewatchable. Awesome!
1	krmr	65 _18th
The humor seems really dated to me and just wasn't funny most of the time. The whole time I was pretty interested to see if I could figure out who dunnit. But the multiple endings foiled any possible attempt anyone could make at figuring it out, making the mystery itself extremely pointless. I am pretty surprised, however, at how the movie wasn't completely terrible since it was based on a board game of all things.
1	lrampartl	46 _24th
Cute, and has its moments, but it's really just a lot of yelling and running around and lights going out randomly.
1	Pickpocket	2 _21st
A fairly boring and uninteresting movie where they do a poor job ever getting the audience invested in anything that's going on. The laughs were non existent and the mystery of the whole thing was stupid as they just had 3 different endings anyways. The most shocking thing about this movie is this: https://i.imgur.com/rEkict7.jpg such a waste. stop eating
1	BBBD	85 _76th
As a kid, when I first heard about this movie, I couldn't believe they made a movie about a board game I had played, and I couldn't believe it was AWESOME. Seriously. Watched a few dozen times.
1	FlorVdE	1 _18th
It has the shape of a decent comedy/mystery, but doesn't fill it in. The many, many bland characters stand and walk around, seemingly in search of jokes. When one does arrive, it's usually cringingly unfunny. That leaves the mystery, which is too convoluted to follow, let alone care about.
1	Tanuki	90 _75th
This is a cult hit for a reason. It's a classic.
1	driscarpin	70 _45th
Tim Curry e Michael Mackean não são tudo?
1	Matthias99	87 _52nd
Silly. Pretty funny. The ending is great.
1	Shephard	100 _99th
Quirky, clever and laugh-out-loud funny! One of the best comedy ensemble casts lined up for a movie. Brilliantly written and full of surprises. A highly entertaining, original movie-watching experience.
1	kittykins	75 _34th
Great movie. And Lee Ving from Fear is in it.
1	Ross	75 _78th
Campy, silly fun. This is a near perfect version of a lighthearted whodunit. My only problem is that the all the running around in the final scene gets too silly for me. Two of the three endings are disappointing, but on the DVD version you get them all so it still works.
1	Barthalen	71 _59th
Much more lighthearted than I expected. The cast is quite amusing, I giggled when the weapons were revealed, and the multiple endings are a very nice touch. Other than that, the movie looks a bit drab and gets a bit too farce-like. Hot maid though.
1	miss jesus	66 _60th
Decent, but frequently what's good about it isn't that original and what's original about it isn't that good. It's mostly a warmed-over serving of Neil Simon's brilliant detective send-up Murder by Death.
1	ofallpieces	65 _16th
Funny, but not an amazing movie as far as I'm concerned. A guilty pleasure.
1	snakey	90 _38th
Not an idle-background movie until you've seen it a few times, but Tim Curry leads an excellent cast through some beautifully complex choreography, particularly at the end.
1	austinmey	73 _35th
Fun to watch. That's all.
1	WWallce4prez	60 _25th
Tim Curry steals the show in an often tedious whodunit. Colleen Camp's performance impresses for other reasons (hint: rhymes with moobies.)
1	Piglet	55 _20th
Kind of a screwball comedy mystery, if that is the right term.
1	spleen	90 _95th
If it were necessary for me to be killed in a creepy house by people I didn't know for crimes of my past, this is the group of people I'd want to be killed by...but only if it's necessary for the plot.
1	Rolad	75 _28th
I love the singing telegram girl.
1	mwgerb	53 _49th
Some decent laughs, and a bunch of fun, even if it's frequently contrived or corny. Tim Curry deserves a comedy Oscar.
1	zerocool947	85 _38th
Fun movie, feels dated but still a good time.
1	chemtrails	60 _53rd
A terrible idea rescued by Tim Curry
1	fivecats	74 _18th
pick an ending, any ending...
1	RubAndDug	34 _8th
A mostly terrible movie, foreshadowing the atrocity of all the adaptations coming from a thoughtless industry scraping for dollars in recognition-value. Like all toy adaptations, the story itself is counter-intuitive to the foundation, as toys only receive their charm from the fantasy we project through interaction. Although the film is off to an enjoyable start it becomes increasingly excruciating after 20 minutes, to the point that the least embarrassing thing about it, is a sexy French maid.
1	Ununnilium	89 _90th
Still the best board game movie ever. A perfectly paced mystery-comedy with some of the best actors and best lines in the buisness.
1	Lord Moe	77 _40th
A quick, witty, over-the-top, silly rendition of the classic board game. Who could possibly write a story for the board game Clue? Well, John Landis, director of classics such as "Blues Brothers" and one of my personal favorites "An American Werewolf in London", is certainly a good choice. In less creative hands it could've become a run of the mill whodunit cashing in on the title, but the makers knew that to make it work it couldn't take itself seriously. It's gag after gag with a great cast.
1	stevekimes	80 _47th
An excellent rip-off of Murder by Death. Funny and enjoyable.
1	NothingsGood	85 _93rd
Absolutely hilarious take on the board game, complete with multiple solutions to the who-done-it caper comedy.
1	sammydeedge	71 _44th
An at times over-the-top love letter to the classic detective game. While I can't claim it as a fantastic film by any means, it's pretty good considering it's a board game adaptation. Still a better board game story than Battleship.
1	colinlogue	69 _39th
A solidly entertaining and delightfully silly parody of the murder mystery. At 94 minutes, it already starts to feel a little stretched towards the end, but rebounds with Curry's manic wrap-up to a trio of endings that playfully riff on the film's board game roots. Decent, unexceptional production and acting across the board, the only stand-out being Curry's energetic performance.
1	sopachuco13	90 _84th
Clue is the best adaptation of a board game into a movie. The cast of characters are what really pull this farce together. I'm sure at the time people were dumbstruck at the idea of making Clue into a movie but once all of the jokes started pouring out of people like Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Michael McKean, and Eileen Brennan I'm sure people understood that this was a classic comedy in the making.
1	adouble	82 _69th
Tim Curry is absolutely fantastic in this, not that that should come as a suprise. The movie itself is really fun with some great slapstick.
1	actlikealady	80 _65th
It's a perfect Saturday afternoon movie. Love the multiple choice ending and the singing telegram scene.
1	juntakinte99	69 _32nd
It should be viewed tantamount to a spoof film like Airplane! or Scary Movie. Like those films, it is very much tied to the not just the particular pictures it mocks, but also the tone of the era. As such, it becomes a bit dated unless you're a fan of things like the Lumet version of Murder on the Orient Express. Still, some of the gags and zingers are funny. And the mocking of the music, wardrobe, and feel of 1950's social conformity is neat. It's just not lasting. Marginal recommendation.
1	Frozencone	45 _32nd
has not aged well not very funny or interesting lots of cleavage
1	BadFurDay	5 _40th
Amusing oldschool black comedy. Not the best script, but the actors made it work. The multiple gimmick ending screws with the plot by making the whole point of the movie (looking for clues) completely pointless.
1	War Machine	65 _39th
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1	SofieDaFirst	99 _98th
Well done.
1	Lilirose	76 _61st
Divertente ed originale, con addirittura 3 finali. Bel mix di giallo e commedia
1	Morble	57 _33rd
Granted, this movie is the best board game adaptation I've ever seen, but it's not as if the competition is all that compelling.
1	Zangin	80 _86th
It's one of the most contrived plots that I've ever seen in a comedy film. However, it is extremely funny, clever, and delightfully over the top.
1	TimeCapsule	87 _91st
Clue is a mystery of a movie as well as a movie mystery. Probably the only successful board game turned movie, Tim Curry leads an all-star cast of characters playing the eclectic group of suspected killers. Silly and charming the movie is a delightful twist on the who-done-it genre with its multiple endings and consistent level of comedy.
1	hairsandwich	85 _39th
Classic.
1	rihrey	48 _53rd
it's obviously a bad film but it's got some charm
1	Antonio P	40 _46th
Yeah this was a decent movie. My friend has this on VHS I believe. He loaned it to me to watch. It's ok.. Rather play the board game of this though.

Average Percentile 54.25% from 3556 Ratings