WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

HotToastyRag Jane Fonda won her first Oscar for playing a hooker in Klute. She proudly touted her extensive research to play an authentic prostitute, and had a hand in designing her character's apartment. But walking around braless in the 1970s was not a behavior exclusive to hookers. Jane is beautiful, self-assured, and strong. She's hardly convincing as a prostitute. Women who choose that occupation don't have self-respect, and it's hard to imagine Jane Fonda so broken that she'd actually take to the streets.Besides that, Jane does look absolutely beautiful in Klute, with impeccable makeup and a famous haircut. She wins the female audience over with her numerous sex scenes, showing that even when a woman seems like she's enjoying herself, she's really just looking at her watch. The main plot, which feels like a side-line next to the sex scenes, is a murder mystery. Donald Sutherland plays the title character, a private detective, hired to find a man who's been harassing Jane Fonda with obscene phone calls and letters. It turns out he's a serial killer with a penchant for call girls—oh no! While there are some scary parts to the movie, on the whole this film is overrated. If Jane Fonda hadn't won an Oscar for it—which may be seen as a make-up Oscar for her loss for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?—it would be a cheesy thriller with gratuitous sex thrown in. If you like these types of movies, however, you'll probably want to rent this one to see where they all began.Kiddy warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to graphic sex scenes, I wouldn't let my kids watch it.

Hitchcoc This is such a good film because the portrayals are so realistic. Donald Sutherland has been reduced lately to playing quirky bad guys. We forget that early on he was a leading man playing complex characters. In this movie we were exposed to the world of prostitution for one of the first times. Jane Fonda is victimized by a man who is fixated on her. She is involved in the investigation of a disappearance and Sutherland is the cop, Klute, who is brought in to investigate. As they explore her situation, he begins to fall in love with her. He also begins to become invested in her life because other prostitutes are dying at the hand of the monster they are pursuing. While uncomfortable to watch, this is well worth our time to view.

gavin6942 A small-town detective (Donald Sutherland) searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute (Jane Fonda).Jane Fonda won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film. And she is alright, and still receives such great praise. But come on... Donald Sutherland! That guy turns everything he touches into gold. Perhaps one of the most under-rated performers of the 20th 9and 21st) century.This is a great detective story with twists and turns. Alan Pakula is not a name that many people know, and I have to wonder why. He consistently made great films. Yet, you rarely hear anyone sing the praises of "Klute" or "The Parallax View". Shame on you, movie lovers!

jimbo-53-186511 Six months after the disappearance of one of his employees boss Peter Cable (Charles Cloffi) hires a private investigator John Klute (Donald Sutherland) to investigate his disappearance. However, John's only links to the employees disappearance are some seedy letters and a call-girl Bree Daniel (Jane Fonda) who has a connection to the missing person.Klute is one of those films that does hook you in at the start (as indeed any good mystery film does), but sadly it's an example of a film where I found myself gradually losing more and more interest as it trundles along. The film is very poorly paced and simply isn't exciting, suspenseful or compelling enough to make it truly stand out from the crowd. The film is OK when it focuses on the mystery, but loses focus far too often with some unnecessary scenes - examples of this include Bree's psychiatry sessions and although they offer insight in to her as a person they also seem to focus on her feelings towards Klute. To me, it would have been better if more time would have been focused on the mystery at hand as opposed to their clichéd and contrived romance. I note that Jane Fonda won an Oscar here and whilst I don't mean to discredit her (I did think she was very good here), I couldn't help but feel that she perhaps stood out more here because of how poor everyone else was - Donald Sutherland was lifeless here and I'm unsure whether this is his fault or down to how the writers have asked him to portray his character, but either way he was dull. I wasn't expecting a crazy performance here, but I thought that there may have been a bit of a rapport or a bit of chemistry between Sutherland and Fonda, but it just wasn't there and it left the film feeling a bit flat and unfulfilled.As I've mentioned the mystery element is OK, but it isn't what I'd call compelling or edge of your seat, but it has just about enough going to make it worth watching (although I thought the final act was terrible). The only other really good thing about this film (other than Jane Fonda) was Michael Small's score which did help to create tension and suspense where the script was failing to deliver the same.Klute is a film that pretty much does everything right, but it always felt like it was doing it in a half-hearted way. Aside from Fonda's performance and Small's score everything else felt rather mediocre and distinctly average across the board.