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When a low-level adman is mistaken for a private eye by a gorgeous blonde, he pretends to be the PI she wants and offers to find her missing brother. But when the job turns violent, he realizes he's in way over his head.
Rating
NR
Director
Carl Bessai
Studio
eOne
Writer
Brent Butt
  • At first I wondered if this was a pilot for a movie. I enjoyed the characters, the Butty-esque humour, and the light-hearted plot.
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  • Too bad this isn't getting a wider release, thou roughly entertaining
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  • I am a big fan of Corner Gas and this movie is a pleasant, fun, and silly 90 minutes.
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  • Hilarious and very Canadian.
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  • It was a funny one Brent Butt was pretty good got a few laughs outta this one he made the movie funny
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  • A funny send up of the private eye genre.
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  • it's a nice movie once you get into it... it has a lot of twists and turns in it...
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  • Created by Brent Butt, it borrows heavily on his classic Corner Gas and Hiccups humor. If your expecting something different, you may be disappointed.
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  • Advanced screening of indie comedy; filmed in Vancouver, and written by local comedian Brent Butt!
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  • Brent Butt pays fitting tribute to film noir with a decent fish out of water comedy. Butt is Leo, an advertizing specialist (i.e. if its a novelty item, and you want your logo on it, he can make it happen) who gets mistaken for the P.I. "down the hall" in what starts out as a missing persons case, but swiftly turns into a tangled weave of blackmail, theft, revenge and murder. The comedy elements come from Butt's fish out of water attempt to fumble his way through the investigation without letting on to those around him that he does not know what he is doing. However, instead of going in a "man who knew to little" route, the film doesn't just have Leo bungle his way through the case, but instead shows him following the clues through in a logical and well thought out manner, using his slightly awkward personality to finagle information out of suspects, and even solves a few of the twists with knowledge unique to his area of expertise. Outside of Butt's fish out of water Leo, the rest of the cast play the parts straight, making this a sincere homage to the noir films of the '50's, instead of a straight up parody. The look and feel of the film comes off as made for TV, but given that this is a low budget Canadian production, it just feels right.
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  • Although it's a relatively low-budget indie flick, I'd rate "No Clue" among my top three film noir/P.I. spoofs-right up there with "The Cheap Detective" (1978) and "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (1982).
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  • Brent Butt's Corner Gas brand of humour has plenty of loyal fans and if you enjoy his wry and self-effacing shtick, you'll find No Clue to be an inconsequential but pleasant diversion.
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