Six strangers - each of whom is given a colour-themed codename - are invited to a dinner party at an isolated house. They're surprised to find their supposed host is missing, with only the butler, a maid, and the cook on hand. But it's only when they're joined by a seventh guest, a certain "Mr Body", that the night turns from merely odd to positively murderous ...
So in case you've been living under a rock since 1949, Clue (or Cluedo as it is known everywhere other than North America) is a board game where players try to deduce the particulars of a murder: who did it, with what weapon, and where. This film is inspired by the board game, though I suspect if you did away with the codenames (which match those of the suspects in the game) then you could easily have called it something like "Getting Away With Murder!" and not been called on it.
So what we have here is a determinedly silly and slapstick comedy film, jam packed with PG-rated murders, slightly smutty humour, and pratfalls. It has a fantastic cast, most of whom you will likely recognise by sight even if you don't know their names, who all fully commit to the on-screen antics, and a script that makes up in enthusiasm what it sometimes lacks in sense.
This is a thoroughly fun bit of silliness, with several (or possibly more, depending on your tastes) good laughs. It's by no means high art, but if you're in the mood for some straight-up "comfort food" style comedy, you could do a lot worse.
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