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At some point in everyone's life (literally everyone), you find that you like Tim Curry a lot more than you realized. For people older than me, it was probably earlier, probably after they saw Rocky Horror Picture Show for the first time. For younger folks, it might've been his voice work as Nigel Thornberry in the Wild Thornberrys. But at some point in everyone's life, he becomes someone whose appearance on screen brightens your day.
For me, it was seeing The Three Musketeers, one of the seminal movie events of my youth. It was one of the first times I was excited to see a movie before it came out, and mostly lived up to my expectations. But one of the key components of this whole experience was the revelation of Tim Curry as Cardinal Richelieu. As a youth, I only ever hated the bad guys in movies and shows. They were just something for the good guys to triumph over. But something about Curry's incredible charisma made something click in my mind, and I realized villains are what make the story meaningful. It's only a good story because of how much you hate the villain. Plus the bad guys get all the best lines.
Anyways, this was all a roundabout way to say that Clue has been on my radar for a long time. Then one fateful afternoon, I made a show of jumping into the pool for my nieces and nephews and managed to rupture my Achilles, which put me in a chair for the day (and, you know, weeks). So, without much else to do, I was wandering around on the various streaming services and found myself face to face with the movie I'd thought about for so long.
And the verdict? It was quite good! Though the movie occasionally suffers from what I call "drama kid syndrome," (where it slips into humor that's so off-the-wall that it feels like it's written specifically for the amusement of the performers), it's got plenty of clever wordplay, which is precisely what I was hoping to find. Curry is fantastic, and each of the other performers rises to the moment as well. The banter in this movie is top notch.
Now that I've finally seen Clue, I feel fully prepared to watch Knives Out... but alas, it's not on a streaming platform at the moment. Sometime soon though; be prepared!
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