This movie is somewhat over-rated. I found it to be a difficult watch. The humor is forced...not natural. There are many cheap shots and bad gags in this picture. While Tim Curry and Martin Mull make the film watchable to what extent that it is watchable, they are not enough to salvage this nightmare of a comedy...turned tragedy. About half an hour into the movie, I was so bored and so "not with it" that I did not care who got killed, who killed them...or why. This film is a parody on the old murder mysteries of the 20s, 30s and 40s...and not a lot of those films were good, either. "Clue" is cliché ridden, hammed-up, over-acted in spots by some of the characters, and a bit confusing at times. It could have been a bit better if it had been toned down perhaps a tad...and if the atmosphere for suspense had been better laid down. But...no...here it is..."in your face" comedy...right from the first frame...no building of the story...no coherence, no real theme, no reason that any of it makes sense...or even that it SHOULD make sense...and no real reason to watch it, from my perspective...and I do not recommend it unless you have...literally...the patience of Job.
