The Kid Detective Film Review

The kid detective critics consensus a low key charmer led by adam brody s sharp performance the kid detective uncovers dark comedy in a story of unfulfilled childhood potential.

The kid detective film review. Full review original score. Willowbrook is a small town where everyone seems to know each other and wacky crimes sometimes involving the red shoe gang ensue. Directed by evan morgan.

By molly freeman oct 14 2020 sophie ne lisse and adam brody in the kid detective. Means the movie cricket. A time capsule was stolen.

The kid detective is an astute beautifully layered first feature from morgan. It feels both breezy and serious without ever over egging hardboiled noir tropes. The kid detective review.

The kid detective review one of the darkest comedies of the year adam brody excels as a former child prodigy pi in a sharply funny crime caper with an existential bent fear and self loathing. What is it that makes a slight inconsequential movie like the kid detective tap on your bedroom windows to keep you awake at night thinking about it. A movie that keeps revealing itself to be a little bit odder a little bit better than you thought it was two minutes ago evan morgan s the kid detective is either a lucky accident or a balancing.

The kid detective is well written and actually fun never mind that the light comedy and noir vibes don t quite mesh. 3 the kid detective had its world premiere at the toronto international film festival on september 13 2020 and was released in the united states on october 16 2020. A once celebrated kid detective now 32 continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self pity.

With adam brody sophie nélisse sarah sutherland jesse noah gruman. The kid detective is a 2020 canadian mystery comedy drama film written and directed by evan morgan and starring adam brody sophie nélisse wendy crewson with sarah sutherland and tzi ma. It s a shaggy dog story of sorts about abe applebaum the smart arse former kid detective who solved over 200 cases in the network tv town of willowbrook ranging from a missing fundraiser box to a stolen time capsule.