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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 33068
Released: January 7, 2003 |
| Our Price: $6.83 |
| Used Price: $1.60 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Who Is Cletis Tout? is about a crook (Christian Slater) who breaks out of one jail and then has to break back in to another; who gets a new identity, only to discover that his new identity is a man some dangerous people want dead; and who's describing his life to a hit man (Tim Allen) who's a sucker for old movies with satisfying stories. The plot of Who Is Cletis Tout? has too much cleverness and not enough smarts, with too many holes to make sense. Nonetheless, Slater, Allen, Richard Dreyfuss, Portia de Rossi, RuPaul, and Billy Connolly are all engaging enough to keep things pleasant. --Bret Fetzer
Who Is Cletis Tout? Reviews:
Cletis Tout very clever 
2008-01-29 - Who Is Cletis Tout? is a great movie. The plot is twisted and the characters are all well performed. My wife and I have watched this movie several times since there are subtleties that you won't get the first time.
Everyone we've shared this movie with loves it. We finally had to own our own copy.
Three Cheers for Tim Allen 
2007-08-15 - This is a great little movie that others have poohed-poohed because of real or imagined flaws. The things that do work in this film, however, work really well.
The opening scene is strange. You can't help but wonder where the picture is going from here. Be patient, you'll find out and the wait as well as the journey are rewarding.
Christian Slater and Richard Dreyfus perform with their usual elan. The actor who really makes the film, however, is Tim Allen in a very unusual role: a professional hit man.
The music should be issued on a CD -- it's simple, tuneful, and unobtrusive.
Finally, the ending is something you can watch again and again and smile every time.
Loved it! Previous reviewers far too serious, cynical and mean. This is a great little film.
2006-05-13 - After reading the previous reviews people left for this film, I felt I had to stand up for it. This is one of my favourite films in fact. It is gripping, funny, exciting, sad, thrilling, action packed and highly entertaining. I found that the script and plot were unique and very clever. There are always similarities you can nit pick about movies copying other movies but although this movie is in the 'Pulp Fiction' method of filming the story line is not at all like it or Reservoir Dogs as some reviewers have stated. This is an ABSOLUTE MUST SEE FILM. Any person who is not bitter and tyranical as some of these pevious reviewers sound to be will enjoy it immensely, I am absolutely sure of it, and it is an excellent addition to your video library. I've got one and will keep it until the day I die, and have watched it at least 5 times already and my friends love it too.
Good little film buff style film
2004-12-07 - Who Is Cletis Tout? is about a minor league crook and takes on a false identity who happens to be top of the pops for hitman. But the film is not a thriller. It is a light comedy with a mine of stuff about other films laced through it. Tim Allen has his best role to date and it all works well.
Well worth a look.
CHARMING ROMP THROUGH HEIST MOVIES, DESPITE CLICHED DEVICES
2004-10-28 - Told in a mix of narration and flashbacks, much like the Princess Bride or Forget Paris, this self-conscious genre sendup is part heist movie and part commentary on heist movies.
The plot is engaging but script isn't nearly as clever as it pretends to be, plot holes abound, the twists are more flashy than intriguing, Tim Allen's character's constant movie-quoting eventually grates, and the shadows of Quentin Reservoir Dogs or The Usual Suspects stalk the entire theme.
But for all its simpering in-jokes and posing, there's a sweetness to the film that's diverting and will likely keep you occupied for its length. Decent watch with a group of friends.
