Confess, Fletch (2022)

After a number of fits and starts, we finally get a follow-up to Fletch, but it leaves much to be desired. Jon Hamm steps into the role as the investigative journalist hired to track down a missing art collection, but he has big shoes to fill. Unfortunately, this iteration is missing a lot of the trademark wisecracking humor and almost all of the disguises. It wasn't completely terrible, but the plotting is predictable and it's not something I would choose to watch again.

1½ yachts out of 5

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES [2016]

Director Greg Mottola's action/comedy Keeping Up with the Jonseses joins a long list of potentially very funny dumb movies that never live up to it's potential.
When a mysteriously perfect couple move into the neighborhood, a boring husband & wife think there's more than meets the eye...and there is.
Sure there's plenty of chuckle-worthy moments but it gets you going and then constantly hits a wall of unfunny boredom.  The first half of the film is so paint-by-numbers by the time you get to the better final half the film has almost lost all hope.  The always entertaining Isla Fisher and Jon Hamm keep the film from getting too ho-hum but it's nearly not enough.

2 snake bars out of 5