If I approached you on the street and told you there was a comedy starring an award-winning actor based on a beloved intellectual property and directed by the guy who made the smash hit Superbad, would you have any idea to what I was referring? Or would you simply look at me with a blank stare, desperately waiting for the walk sign to come on so you could flee my rantings?
That’s the fate of Confess, Fletch. Starring Jon Hamm (Sucker Punch Mad Men), based on a book from the series that served as the source material for Chevy Chase’s beloved comedy, Fletch, and directed by Greg Mottola (Adventureland, Superbad), it’s in theaters now. Some theaters. Like, 800 theaters. Maybe fewer after the abysmal numbers it put up last week. It put up abysmal numbers because it’s also...