Film202099 min

The Kid Detective

Name: The Kid Detective
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2020
Duration: 99 min
Cast: Adam Brody, Sophie Nélisse, Tzi Ma, Peter MacNeill, Maurice Dean Wint

Taste attributes: comedydramamysterymafia/gangsterdetectiveunsavouryintricatelineargrittyenclosedall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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"No longer a kid. Not much of a detective."

Boxlist takeA small-scale comedy-drama, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.6 /10

TMDB · 158 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

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Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.

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