Love chevy Chase & grew up watching lots of his movies & loved most of them like SPIES LIKE US, CADDYSHACK,THE VACATION FILMS & FLETCH & FLETCH LIVES. Chase is a comedy genius a hilarious actor & that's a FACT!!! Chase is hilarious as Fletch a sarcastic & very silly master of disguise reporter who is trying to solve a mystery & that's all you need to know. If you love chase or watched his films or love a good FEELGOOD comedy then check out the BRILLIANT Fletch it's great fun & chase is so funny

Chevy Chase, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Tim Matheson and Joe Don Baker star in this 1985 comedy based on the book. Chase (Vacation films) plays Irwin Fletcher aka Fletch, a L.A. journalist who works under the name, Jane Doe and is a master of disguise. Soon, he's hired by wealthy businessman, Alan Stanwyk (Matheson) to kill him for 50 grand because he's diagnosed with cancer. Fletch agrees and decides to snoop into Alan's personal files discovering he's not ill and is a drug-dealer. Fletch also meets and falls for his wife, Gail (Nicholson) who eventually discovers Alan is trying to steal her money. Baker (The Natural) plays crooked police chief, Jerry Karlin who is dealing with Alan. Geena Davis, George Wendt, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, M. Emmett Walsh and the late, James Avery also appear. Chase is great in this as usual as well as Harold Faltermeyer's score. I recommend this 80's Chase classic.

What can I say? Great movie that belongs to the same category as The Naked Gun and Airplane. Chase carries it with his charm, charisma and cockiness. And the anal examination and the morgue scenes are absolutely hilarious. Think Chase was born to play Fletch, it's seems to be tailor made for him.The movie hasn't aged in 30 years since it's creation. It's still as fresh and funny as back in 1985.I know that its not the most compelling review ever but don't know what to write except for: you just need to see it. Go on now - put it on... You will not regret it!!

One of the best comedies of the 80's & quite possibly THE best one of them all. In fact I can't think of another comedy this good completely carried by a single main character, although Beverly Hills Cop is a close second. Chase's ability to assume numerous completely different identities is unrivaled. He's in a class by himself in that regard. I've read where Kevin Smith wants to do the standard prequel update w/ Jason Lee as Fletch. < That IMO will be as big a flop as Steve Martin's embarrassing attempt at Peter Seller's PINK PANTHER.I usually watch this movie over & over its that good.If you want to watch comedic perfection this is your movie. Add Vacation, The Three Amigos, and a few other 80's films and you've got one helluva movie collection.