When the boyfriend is distracted by Eve's dog, Fletch snatches his gun and learns that Angela knows and was in contact with Owen. Laurel Goodwin’s boyfriend arrives and tries to kill Fletch.

Angela arrives in Boston and initially appears to be friendly with the Countess.Īt dinner that night, Fletch, the Countess, and Angela are visited by Owen, Tatiana, and Eve. Angela is not happy with this development she suspects that the Countess and her brother kidnapped the Count. Meanwhile, the Countess, Angela’s stepmother, invites herself to stay with Fletch. Fletch meets with Tatiana, again using a fake name, and suspects that she is the killer. Fletch learns from his neighbor Eve that Owen, the town house owner, has a history of violence and drug abuse and an ex-wife named Tatiana, who used to be his business partner. Sergeant Inspector Monroe and Junior Detective Griz of the Boston Police Department begin tailing Fletch.įletch meets with Horan under a fake name in an attempt to locate the paintings. Despite being the one who called the police, Fletch becomes the prime suspect in Goodwin's murder. Angela’s father is an Italian billionaire count who was apparently kidnapped by a mob demanding his paintings as ransom, but in reality the kidnapping was a ruse orchestrated by him and Fletch to draw out the real thieves.Īs Fletch arrives in a rented town house in Boston, he finds a dead woman, subsequently identified as barista Laurel Goodwin. The paintings were stolen and are in the possession of an American art dealer named Ronald Horan. Irwin Maurice 'Fletch' Fletcher is apparently sent to Boston from Italy by his girlfriend Angela to recover her father’s multimillion-dollar art collection, whereas her father was the actual person behind the entire plot.

The film received generally positive reviews. It is the third installment in the Fletch series, following Fletch (1985) and Fletch Lives (1989), and the first not to star Chevy Chase.Ĭonfess, Fletch received a limited theatrical release and on premium video on demand on September 16, 2022, before a Showtime premiere on October 28, 2022.

Based on Gregory Mcdonald's 1976 novel of the same name, the film stars Jon Hamm, Lorenza Izzo, Marcia Gay Harden, Kyle MacLachlan, Roy Wood Jr., and John Slattery. Confess, Fletch is a 2022 American crime comedy film directed by Greg Mottola, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Zev Borow.

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