No Clue
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{{Infobox film
| name = No Clue
| image = No Clue.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = Carl Bessai
| producer = James Brown
Brent Butt
Kirk D'Amico
Laura Lightbown
Mark Slone
Carl Bessai
| writer = Brent Butt
| starring = Brent Butt
Amy Smart
David Koechner
| music = Schaun Tozer
| cinematography =
| editing = Mark Shearer
| studio = Sparrow Media
| distributor = Entertainment One
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2013|12|5|Whistler|2014|3|7|Canada}}
| runtime = 96 minutes{{cite news | url=http://www.tribute.ca/movies/no-clue/97859/ | title=No Clue | work=Tribute | accessdate=2 February 2014 }}
| country = Canada
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $64,055{{cite web|url=https://playbackonline.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/TOP5CANMarch14toMarch20.pdf|title=Top 5 Canadian films at the Canadian box office: March 14, 2014 to March 20, 2014|website=Playback|accessdate=28 December 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228223015/https://playbackonline.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/TOP5CANMarch14toMarch20.pdf|archivedate=28 December 2021|url-status=live}}
}}{{use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
No Clue is a 2013 Canadian dark comedy film written by Brent Butt and directed by Carl Bessai, starring Butt, Amy Smart and David Koechner.
Plot
Advertising salesman Leo (Butt) unwittingly assumes the role of a private investigator to help Kyra (Smart), but becomes embroiled in a risky and ever-deepening murder mystery.{{cite news | url=http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/brent-butt-talks-new-movie-and-returning-to-his-comedy-roots-1.1663597 | title=Brent Butt talks new movie, and returning to his comedy roots | publisher=CTV Ottawa | date=30 January 2014 | accessdate=2 February 2014}}
In Canada, a woman named Kyra goes to the office of the middle-aged clumsy salesman Leo Falloon by mistake believing that he is a private detective. She hires him to help her to find her missing brother Milles Severeign and Leo is so spellbound by the blonde that he does not tell her that he is not who she is looking for. Leo decides to pose as a private detective and he gets involved in a complicated scheme of fraud by computer game corporations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2450334/|title = No Clue|website = IMDb|date = 5 December 2013}}
Cast
- Brent Butt as Leo
- Amy Smart as Kyra
- David Koechner as Ernie
- David Cubitt as Horn
- Dan Payne as Church
- Dustin Milligan as Danny
- Kirsten Prout as Reese
- Garwin Sanford as Nelson
- Nancy Robertson as Phyllis
- Chelah Horsdal as Alice
Production
Release
The first screening of No Clue was on 5 December 2013 at the Whistler Film Festival in British Columbia. Public screenings began in Vancouver on 6 March 2014, with the general Canadian release the following day.
Reception
The movie received mixed reviews from critics. It holds a 33% score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 6 reviews. Critics praised the acting of Brent Butt, Amy Smart, and David Koechner.No Clue at [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/no_clue Rotten Tomatoes]{{cite news | url=https://www.straight.com/arts/574896/brent-butt-heads-home-standup-stage | title=Brent Butt heads home to the standup stage | first=Guy | last=MacPherson | date=29 January 2014 | newspaper=Georgia Straight | accessdate=2 February 2014 }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|2450334}}
- [http://www.telefilm.ca/en/catalogues/production/no-clue No Clue at Telefilm Canada]
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:Canadian crime comedy films
Category:Canadian comedy mystery films
Category:Films shot in Vancouver
Category:Films set in Vancouver
Category:2010s comedy mystery films
Category:2013 crime comedy films
Category:2010s English-language films