Who Done It: The Clue Documentary

The best part of the doc are the interviews from the cast. Unfortunately, they are surface level and way too few for the length of the film. So much time is spent on where we saw the actors before this, the score, the record labels that decades later decided to produce/distrubute the soundtrack, fan reinactments/thoughts, that we never get any detail about what filming was actually like, no behind the scenes footage or stories other than they all loved each other. Weirdly, when they mention that Lee Ving's voice was dubbed in the movie by an uncredited actor no one says why that was - little things like that which could have been more interesting were left out.

Overall too much emphasis on the peripheral and none on the filming of the movie. Of course many of the cast are no longer with us, but others apparently just didn't want to be involved. Overall it was a nice idea but pretty boring, unfortunately.

This is a well-made and comprehensive look at the cult classic Clue: The Movie (1985) which has been my favorite movie since I was a kid. And they talk about that, calling Clue a "babysitter movie" and how one actor showed it to his own kids on VHS, along with showcasing the younger adults who have elevated Clue from a box office bomb that generated a post-theater following to a real cult film.

It's a good doc but not great, probably because this documentary didn't get made until 2022 since several participants ranging from actors to producers have long since passed away. This production probably should have been made around 2005 and yet there's the longer view and additional information in retrospect that supports the main interviews.

I love Clue!! Like recite the lines, kinda fan but this? Not great. Who cares about how a record label started that puts out a Clue soundtrack? The director did a terrible job of editing the people being interviewed. Didn't dig deep into the movie like they could.

And spent way too much time on these satellite projects and theatrical productions, merch selling and you tube people.

Considering they had interviews with Leslie Anne Warren and Mike McKean I really feel like they could have dove in a lot deeper. I really had high hopes but clearly this is a first time documentarian and it shows.

So disappointing.

I wanted to love this so much but just couldn't. There are very few of the main cast actually being spoken to and a huge chunk of the documentary is just videos from conventions or interviews with people who had absolutely nothing to do with the movie.

Yes unfortunately some of the cast are no longer with us and that is very sad as obviously there is no way to interview them or get their input.

Clearly most of the people who are however just simply didn't want to be involved in this which is unfortunate also.

You may find out some information you didn't previously know but it will be very little.

I'd recommend just watching the movie and pretend that this isn't even a thing.

I'm such a huge Clue fan, I really did love most of the interviews with people directly involved with the film. I wish there had been a couple more interviews like that with cast/crew members vs. Convention clips. Overall it needed a tighter edit, even with the existing interviews.

The second half really started to wander, and I think that is where the film struggles with its identity. Some of it is very much a documentary, but other parts are more of a vlog or compilation of the cult impact. It should have focused on being one thing. I think it would have been wonderful to have short clips of fans quoting their favorite lines or saying what so inspired them running underneath the closing credits. But too much time was dedicated to interviewing content creators I've never heard of, soundtrack companies, or the filmmaker reading from the Clue storybook at the end which was unnecessary. It felt like filler.

So I'll give it a decent rating for the interview content it did provide, but it needed more focus and better editing to be the kind of documentary I wanted for Clue.