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Clue
- Review Date: July 23, 2006
- PG
- Genre: Comedy
- 2000
Common Sense Media says
The board game is a lot more fun.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that there are adult jokes as well as mild raunchiness, including backside-grabbing and leering.
What's the story?
Based on the Hasbro board game, CLUE attempts to explain how six unrelated, eccentric characters manage to become murder suspects while staying under one roof. The story is propelled and narrated by a character not found in the board game--the butler (Tim Curry), who runs the show at a dinner to which the familiar characters of Miss Scarlet (Leslie Ann Warren), Colonel Mustard (Martin Mull), Mrs. Peacock (Eileen Brennan), Professor Plum (Christopher Lloyd), Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn) and Mr. Green (Michael McKean) have been invited. The guests find out they have all been being blackmailed by the same man, Mr. Boddy (Lee Ving), who joins the party halfway through dinner. After Mr. Boddy's inevitable death, the murders compound as the group stumbles upon several more bodies, including those of the maid and the cook.
Is it any good?
There's really not much to this movie. There is a lot of recapping in this film, which makes the already tedious storyline even more so. Though the DVD offers three different endings (and three different murderers), none of the scenarios seem plausible or even likely.
Tim Curry is likeable (and very energetic) and has moments of brilliance, but he isn't able to distract from the mess of plot holes and ill-planned nonsense. The rest of the main cast speak their weak lines as though their words are genius, but their understated style only works with a good script. Though there are moments of good comedic timing, most of the jokes and sight gags are obvious, flat, and crude. The juvenile humor and sexual innuendo will be best appreciated by the junior high and high school crowds.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about board games and which others, if any, might be good candidates for a movie. If you could make a movie based on any board game, which would you choose and why? How would the movie be different from the game? If you could make your own movie version of Clue, what would it be like?
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Kid, 10 years old
September 5, 2011
AGE
comedy slapstick
funny and scary
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Kid, 12 years old
March 12, 2010
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maybe not under 9 or so
why i rated it this is because before you are 10 you might not get the humor. in case none of you have noticed the H word and the D word are used each once in movie. the violence is 3 or 4 gunshots. there is wine,brandy(whatever that is),cigarettes and a smoking pipe in this awesome movie.
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Kid, 11 years old
July 15, 2011
AGE
HILARIOUS!!!!
so hilarious.My favorite part is when Wadsworth tells the dogs to sit but,Mr.Green though he tolled HIM to sit.But some of the language is not good.
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AWESOME!!!
This movie is great! It's one of the best movies I've ever seen, why did it get 2 stars?
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good movie
This movie really has nothing harmful about it. THere is a little sexual content, and they drink alcohol throughout the movie. It is, though, a very good movie. It is especially good if you've played the game
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Action, Drama, and Comedy All in One
The movie is great, but not for kids under 10.
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Its a good Movie out of a bored game. they did a wonderful job!
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They just don't make movies like this anymore...
I first saw Clue when it was on TV last Halloween and I, being a Rocky Horror girl, was in love with it by the time the opening credits had rolled by. I have since seen it 17 times (9 one month!). It's been my mission to expose as many others as possible to this forgotten gem of a movie--and I don't use gem lightly. Seriously folks, there is no way they could make it any better. The comedic timing is pitch perfect, as is the cast and setting. With only some minor language, a few remarks about sex (some more frank than others), and a brief kissy scene between Mrs. White and Mr. Boddy's corpse, Clue should be fine for most kids, although it will be better appreciated by those old enough to get the jokes. No words come to mind that can truly capture the spectacular epicness this movie possesses. My advice to you, dear reader, is as follows: go watch it. Now. You haven't lived until you've seen Tim Curry and Madeline Kahn on screen together. Pure, raw genius.
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Awsomly funny I love it!!!
I love the movie it dose have some adult content but barley it was an awsome movie for ages 8 and up it had an exiting plot to keep you interested even the 100th time you watch it is a perfect movie for everyone you'll love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Studio: | Paramount Pictures |
| Director: | Jonathan Lynn |
| Cast: | Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn, Tim Curry |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 96 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | June 25, 2000 |
| DVD release date: | June 27, 2000 |
| MPAA rating: | PG |
| MPAA explanation: | mild violence; mild sexual innuendo |
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