Who Is Cletis Tout?
Paramount Classics | Release Date: July 26, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
7
Negative:
9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Chicago ReaderBill Stamets
Writer-director Chris Ver Wiel stocks this diverting crime comedy with familar characters and formulas. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
The yarn itself is a winning one. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJanice Page
Ladling in so much schmaltz that even his in-house critic says, ''This thing's worse than `Terms of Endearment.''' Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Screenwriter Chris ver Weil's directing debut is good-natured and never dull, but its virtues are small and easily overshadowed by its predictability. It's the kind of film that plays better on video than in theaters. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
It's almost worth the price of admission to see Allen paying homage to "Singin' in the Rain" in the final sequence. Almost. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It's a respectable B- movie -- airy, inconsequential and a little too cute at times, but fairly entertaining all the same. Read full review
40
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Cletis Tout is both in love with and able to laugh at the conventions it adopts, which is exactly where it goes wrong. It's just a little too self-satisfied. Read full review
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