Who Is Cletis Tout?


MPAA Rating: R | Year: 2002 | Running Time: 92 minutes


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Standup comedian turned director Chris Ver Weil makes his debut with this wild and woolly romantic comedy cum noir crime thriller. The film centers on Trevor Finch (Christian Slater), a master counterfeiter and career con who learns that he has a price on his head from mob hitman Critical Jim (Tim ...more

The minor crime caper Who Is Cletis Tout? was the recipient of such critical guff, it's disarming how mild and inoffensive it actually is. The ads gave the impression of a lot of "goofy name humor," featuring quick takes of various characters uttering the words "Cletis Tout" in rapid succession. And yes, there is a character named "Critical Jim." But this film is more than a lame descendent of the Get Shorty school of pratfalls and pseudonyms -- though sometimes not much more. Writer/director ...more

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Release Date: 01/07/2003



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