Member review

Cluedo is a Murder Myster made by Anthony E. Pratt in 1943 and eventually manufactured by Waddingtons in 1949 in the UK. The IP of Cluedo is currently owned by the American toy and game company Hasbro. The premise of the game is that you have 6 players, and each player has to deduce who the murder victim is, what they were murdered with and in what room they were murdered in.

And the idea had gained popularity ever since which brings me thusly, to this.

I love this film, it's wit kept me engaged and entertained and kept me from going mad for a little while longer. I feel that this film would be a very rewatchable film, even if you know the twist. I guess that's the point of masterys, they're meant to be rewatched and rewatched even if we know it was Colonel Musturd in the study with a rope or Mrs. Scarlet in the library with a revolver. To make a good mystery, a good story even, it needs to have rereadability or in this case rewatchability. And I think, with Clue, I will be rewatching it, hopefully paying more attention along the way.

What I found interesting is that the writers were very trope savvy, around 40 minutes into the film, one of the characters suggests that they split up into pairs to investigate the mansion and Christopher Lloyd's character points out that if they go in pairs, the killer could kill their partner. Which would add to the already considerable body count. However, they draw lots. But I feel, knowing the twist, this makes sense.

On to the ending. I feel that it is a bit too meta. There's a thing where the movie puts forward one of the cast to be the killer, but rewinds to examine the case for another character, which isn't a bad idea, but I feel it doesn't mesh with the movie's tone. However, it only rewinds twice, and I believe that by the end the "Killer" is finally, canonically revealed.