Clue (1985) Jonathan Lynn

Here’s a secret you wish you knew sooner…this movie has three endings!  Clue (1985), directed by Jonathan Lynn is one of the reasons you need the DVD of this movie.  Before they made movies of theme park rides, they made one about a board game.  They assembled a great group of comedy actors and locked them in a spooky mansion on a hill.  One of their numbers dies.  Who did it?  Mrs. Peacock in the library with the candle stick?  Mr. Green in the study with the revolver?  It could be!  When this movie first came out in the theatre you went and saw the movie till the end and that was that, it wasn’t until it came out on cable that you knew there were three endings and, on the DVD, you can pick the one you want, or let the player choose your ending for you!  What a game!

If a locked-room mystery filled with people who may all be capable of murder sounds like your idea of fun, try Gideon the Ninth next. There are considerably more necromancers and dead bodies, but the pleasure of wondering who is doing what to whom remains. Read the review →

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