I LOVE EVERY SECOND OF THIS MOVIE!! Watch it over 17+ time... the VHS died and recently Bought the DVD..Tonight it's on MTV's CINEMATIC at 22hours (european time) ... I'm gonna watch it again.... WHOOT!!I agree it looks like THE USUAL SUSPECT idea of film making, but hey!!... I loved that movie also :)Wish I could see more movie like this ... *sigh*Does anyone else has more titles like this movie for me? I'd really appreciate it... thnx in advance, yours sincerely Richard from the netherlands

A lot of incidents which could make a series, a lot of unfunny characters, and a lot of (Christian Slater) ! They're all the reasons of this movie's weakness.It's a movie which wanted to be a classic just like the other too many classics it greeted. However not all of what we want, we could get !!But still the best thing about it is of course the character of the old movies' maniac, the sentimental elegant and the hit-man also ! : (Critical Jim). It's something really original, beautiful and refreshing which deserves a movie for its own. It's a fact that (Tim Allen) stole the lights from everybody to himself but I think the lights originally were owned by his character earlier in the script.I would like to read him as the lonely only one who loves cinema, understands it, finds himself in a world of totally different people and there is no one like him. So he got himself alone in the world, became isolated and finally he went to kill its evil members, save the good ones just to fulfill his wished for dream, achieve lost idealism, and live his fascinating movie !But THIS didn't save the movie from sinking into the too many story lines, so the failure ! Therefore (Critical Jim) or (Jim The Critic) looked like a jewel adorning too heavy and chaotic clothes !!

I almost avoided this flick because the title didn't do anything for me. That may have been what happened to it when it was in general release because it sank pretty quickly. A movie-buff friend of mine recommended it, so I put it on my Netflix list and finally popped it into the player.Cletis Tout turned out to be great fun. I enjoyed the interwoven flashbacks and the comments made by Critical Jim (played by Tim Allen). Christian Slater plays a take-off on his usual slimy lying characters by playing a crook who tells the truth.It helps to have seen some of the movies that Critical Jim riffs on as Finch's story unfolds, but that's not completely necessary. Pop a bottle of wine with a couple of friends some Friday night and enjoy this movie.

Watching a movie like "Who is Cletis Tout" is rather like drinking diet cola. It tastes good and doesn't really hurt you. The acting and fun of it make up for the plot holes you could drive a truck through. Some of the reviewers have compared it to "The Usual Suspects", but that's sort of like comparing a pencil drawing to a Picasso. "Suspects" was an incredibly tight, well written mind twister. This is just a fun way to spend a couple of hours. The really fun part of it is to see how many of Allen's quotes you can pin down. For an old time film buff like myself it was a fun challenge. Too sum it up, if you want a pleasant evening, rent this film, sit down and "fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."(Betty Davis)