Jon Hamm is no Chevy Chase, nor does he need to be in “Confess, Fletch.”
The Fletch reboot casts the “Mad Men” star in the role Chase immortalized in the 1985 comedy and its inferior 1989 sequel, “Fletch Lives.”
Producers considered several stars to take over for Chase since the ’80s. Think Ben Affleck. Jason Sudeikis and Jason Lee.
Except the latest team holding the rights to author Gregory Mcdonald’s character wanted a grittier version of I.M. Fletcher. That, plus an absurd series of aborted projects, led us to Hamm.
And he’s surprisingly solid despite being better known for his dramatic work.
Hamm’s Fletch isn’t a newspaper scribe any more. He’s retired, focusing on both freelance pieces and the occasional mystery. The latter entangles him in a tortured...