Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Chris Ver Wiel

Writer (WGA):

Chris Ver Wiel (written by)

Release Date:

21 December 2001 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Getting the alias was half the battle. Surviving it is the other.

Plot:

Cletis Tout is a comedy about mistaken identities, a hit man who sees everything in terms of the movies and a twenty year old diamond heist. |

Plot Keywords:

Heist | Diamond | Independent Film

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Christian Slater	...	Trevor Allen Finch
Tim Allen	...	Critical Jim
Portia de Rossi	...	Tess Tobias
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Micah Tobias
Billy Connolly	...	Dr. Mike Savian
Peter MacNeill	...	Detective Tripp (as Peter MacNeil)
Bill MacDonald	...	Detective Delaney
Richard Chevolleau	...	Detective Horst
Elias Zarou	...	Detective Rafferty
RuPaul	...	Ginger Markum
Joseph Scoren	...	Rowdy Virago
Eugene Lipinski	...	Falco
Shawn Doyle	...	Crow Gollotti
Louis Di Bianco	...	Nimble
Tony Nappo	...	Fife

Also Known As:

Cletis Tout (Canada: English title) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and sexuality.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Spain:13 | USA:R | Canada:A (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Fireworks Entertainment

Trivia:

Sarah Michelle Gellar was offered the Portia de Rossi role, but turned it down.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Tess is not wearing gloves when she fires the rifle, and she abandons it on the rooftop in plain sight. Since she was, by her own admission, a child raised by the Foster Care system, her fingerprints would be on record. A police investigation would arrest her in no time at all.

Quotes:

Rowdy Virago: You two cheesedicks couldn't improvise a fart after eating a three bean salad.

Movie Connections:

References "Kojak" (1973)

Bad Title, Good Movie

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.