365 Days. 365 Films.

With stars such as Tim Allen, Christian Slater, Billy Connolly, Portia De Rossi and Richard Dreyfuss, this film is oozing comedic talent. Who Is Cletis Tout? is a comedy crime movie about mistaken identities. Critical Jim (Allen) is a hit man ordered to kill Cletis Tout, although when Finch (Slater) takes Tout’s identity in the hope of fleeing the law after a diamond heist, he tries to explain how Critical Jim may have the wrong guy.

I didn’t know that this was going to be a comedy and so it was a little strange to me at first. Upon seeing Allen I wondered but still thought that it might be a serious crime drama – it is not. It is probably best to know this beforehand to avoid confusion, seeing as it is quite a good film, just not without knowing it’s a comedy.

Chris Ver Wiel has, to this date, only directed two movies – this and Waiting Game in 1996, and it is a bit of a shame since he seems to have quite a natural talent for it. This film will never win awards, and it may not be memorable, but it’s a good first watch, laid back, funny and doesn’t require too much thought.