Eddie Harrison film-authority.com May 9, 2025 3/5

…the Fletch package still holds as a means of delivering Chevy Chase to his eager public….perhaps some discomfort with the edgy content provides an explanation why the rise of Fletch stopped here with Fletch Lives...

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Apr 28, 2024 2/4

A disappointing sequel, with a drowsy murder-mystery at its center and obvious satiric targets that are impossible to miss.

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Boyd Farrow Empire Magazine Jul 1, 2015 4/5

Funny and inventive vehicle for Chevy Chase's hapless and genuinely funny comic creation.

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Chris Willman Los Angeles Times Jul 1, 2015

In this meager sequel, as in its popular predecessor, Chevy Chase demolishes every easy target in sight with a quip of the tongue. Some of the lines are funny, but after a while you just want to smack him.

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Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer Jul 1, 2015 2/4

Being so sour about Fletch makes one feel like Kvetch, but seriously, is all it takes to be a screen comic the ability to flare the nostrils and to fall down?

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Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune Jul 1, 2015 1/4

With arbitrary laugh lines coming along to strip the credibility from every situation and the integrity from every character, there's hardly a moment in the new film that seems as authentically alive as a California Raisins commercial.

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Candice Russell South Florida Sun-Sentinel Jul 1, 2015

With the exception of an elaborate fantasy sequence straight out of a Disney movie and a running gag about a Cadillac without brakes, Fletch Lives should have been called Fletch Staggers.

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Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel Jul 1, 2015 3/5

The sequel, like the original, is entertaining in a slightly stale, basically sitcomy way.

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Dennis King Tulsa World Jul 1, 2015 2/4

Your appreciation of this film will rest largely on your taste for Chase's particular brand of snide comedy. If you like Chase, Fletch lives; if you hate Chase, Fletch dies.

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Sue Heal Radio Times Jul 1, 2015 2/5

The plot, such as it is, doesn't so much revolve around Chase in a variety of ill-fitting disguises, as spin mercilessly out of control.

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Variety Staff Variety Mar 26, 2009

Chevy Chase is perfectly suited to playing a smirking, wisecracking, multiple-identitied reporter in Fletch Lives.

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David Cornelius DVDTalk.com Aug 14, 2008 2/5

The mystery is barely there, and nobody really cares, as long as Chase gets to ham it up under a wider array of fake moustaches and silly accents.

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David Kaplan Kaplan vs. Kaplan Mar 1, 2008 2/5

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Mark Kermode Time Out Jan 26, 2006

The humour throughout is alternately mindless, sexist, racist, and homophobic, and would probably offend if you managed to stay awake.

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Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Oct 5, 2005 2/5

A very disappointing sequel that's not nearly as funny and witty as the original.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 24, 2005 2/5

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Caffeinated Clint Film Threat May 6, 2005 3/5

Not quite as good as the first, but still an enjoyable jaunt

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Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat Aug 26, 2004 3/5

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