What’s Aged the Worst?
Alan Stanwyk's plan; Stephanie Mills opening song; Chevy's clothes; too little Sally Ann
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- Stanwyk's plan to have a lookalike drifter shoot him, then kill and burn the man, is ridiculous; it is very Raymond Chandler, with the story of Faulkner asking Chandler to explain The Big Sleep, and by 1985 forensic science made it less believable than in the mid-70s book.
- Stephanie Mills' 'Bit by Bit' over the opening credits should have gone straight to Faltermeyer: 'let the chef cook'.
- Producer Craig's take of not liking Fletch is jokingly named as what will age worst.
- Chevy's clothes, like wide-bottomed jeans and a linen shirt with three buttons open, look clownish; the pushback is that he wears it well, and like Eddie Murphy he makes bad clothes look cool and looks like a classic leading man in Matheson's suit.
- Dana Wheeler-Nicholson brings back fond memories, but a spouse asked what was up with her acting, which is a red flag. — Bill Simmons
- Defense: Gail is the greatest hang of all time and nobody in Fletch is surprised by anything; the critic replies that an actress more interested in the part would have been better.
- As said on the Tombstone podcast, she is a bad actress, and Elizabeth Shoe or Sharon Stone would make it a thousand times better. — Sean Fennessey
- There is not enough Sally Ann Kavanaugh, set up in the low-key airline-counter scene; a face-off with Gail was wanted.