Lee Eisenberg "Who Is Cletis Tout?" is a strange, mildly confusing, but fairly entertaining movie about mistaken identities, as told by a young woman (Portia de Rossi), a hit-man (Tim Allen) and some other people. It's a little hard to follow, but nice entertainment in a pinch. I just really liked Allen's movie-centric mnemonics, and it's good to see him doing a more serious role.So, this movie's OK as simple entertainment; don't expect any kind of religious experience. Also starring Richard Dreyfuss and Christian Slater.So yes, Capt. American, let's all sing in the rain.

ericmcd *** Spoiler alert *** The majority of the story is being revealed to Tim Allen's character by Christian Slater's character, by way of flashbacks ... There is a crucial scene where we/Tim are surprised to discover that there is a crooked cop, who makes a phone call (alone, and from his office at HQ), disclosing Cletis Tout's current whereabouts to the mob ... Great, but how or when did Christian Slater realize the cop was crooked? Later in the movie, we see that Slater has no such information ... This would/could only work if later in the film we were to discover how Slater came about this piece of information ...Worth watching, though ...

Claudio Carvalho In a penitentiary, the forger Trevor Allen Finch (Christin Slater) organizes the escape of his friend and former magician Micah Donnelly (Richard Dreyfuss). Twenty years ago, Micah stole a fortune in diamonds and has promised one million dollars to Trevor if he is succeed in the plan. In the end, they escape together, they meet Micah's daughter Tess Donnelly (Portia de Rossi) and Trevor achieves with a friend of him new identities for both of them. The new identity of Trevor is Cletis Tout, a reporter executed by Mafia, who witnessed the murder of a hooker by the mobster Rowdy Virago (Joseph Scoren). The Mafia believes Cletis is alive and hires Critical Jim (Tim Allen), a hitman who loves old movies, to kill Cletis. While waiting for his payment, Jim decides to listen to the saga of Trevor, comparing it with the screenplay of a film. This non-linear script is certainly made with the intention of being a cult movie. With many citations of important movies, and funny and nice characters, it is impossible not to like this story, which is a kind of popcorn Pulp Fiction without explicit violence. A good entertainment and a great surprise for me. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): `O Alvo Errado' (`The Wrong Target')

twcarey I almost avoided this flick because the title didn't do anything for me. That may have been what happened to it when it was in general release because it sank pretty quickly. A movie-buff friend of mine recommended it, so I put it on my Netflix list and finally popped it into the player.Cletis Tout turned out to be great fun. I enjoyed the interwoven flashbacks and the comments made by Critical Jim (played by Tim Allen). Christian Slater plays a take-off on his usual slimy lying characters by playing a crook who tells the truth.It helps to have seen some of the movies that Critical Jim riffs on as Finch's story unfolds, but that's not completely necessary. Pop a bottle of wine with a couple of friends some Friday night and enjoy this movie.