Co-written and directed by Jonathan Lynn, based on the popular Parker Brothers board game, Clue (1985) combines humor, murder and detective tenacity in an enjoyable mixture. When several seemingly unrelated people are drawn to an art-filled Gothic Revival house in 1954 New England, it soon becomes apparent that their paths are interlinked and quite nefarious… and when people in the house start getting mysteriously murdered, the finger pointing and sleuthing begins. Much like the board game, the film provides three possible endings and conjures up the curious nature that still spurs armchair detectives to solve the crime. The sets are lovely, offering up plenty of visual Victorian flare and stimuli. The cast does a good job, including Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull and Lesley Ann Warren.
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