No Clue
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| Directed by | Carl Bessai |
| Written by | Brent Butt |
| Produced by | James Brown Brent Butt Kirk D'Amico Laura Lightbown Mark Slone Carl Bessai |
| Starring | Brent Butt Amy Smart David Koechner |
| Edited by | Mark Shearer |
| Music by | Schaun Tozer |
Production company | Sparrow Media |
| Distributed by | Entertainment One |
Release dates |
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Running time | 96 minutes[1] |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $64,055[2] |
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.[1][3]
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.[4]
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
No Clue was filmed in Vancouver in July 2012.[5]
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.[6][5]
References
- ^ a b "No Clue". Tribute. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Top 5 Canadian films at the Canadian box office: March 14, 2014 to March 20, 2014" (PDF). Playback. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Brent Butt talks new movie, and returning to his comedy roots". CTV Ottawa. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "No Clue". IMDb. 5 December 2013.
- ^ a b MacPherson, Guy (29 January 2014). "Brent Butt heads home to the standup stage". Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ No Clue at Rotten Tomatoes