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  Review by demi adejuyigbe 21

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  Shit, even with the forewarning of an ending I wouldn't expect I tried to suss out the answer to the mystery here and didn't get even close. A very fucking good neo-noir dark comedy. Was worried about where it was going about halfway through but the final 30 minutes or so really cinched it for me. Why aren't we getting more Adam Brody movies?

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  Review by Patrick Willems ★★★★ 3

  Characters with alliterative names solving mysteries? Now you're speaking my language

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  Review by eely ★★★½ 3

  adam brody takes an unidentified pill that turns out to be a cocaine cocktail and then beats the shit out of an e-boy and throws him into a ravine and it’s the sexiest thing I’ve seen in a while. merry christmas.

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  Review by Nakul ★★★★ 4

  Important lesson from The Kid Detective: the world needs more Adam Brody.
  This one took me by surprise. Evan Morgan's The Kid Detective is a low-key, funny and an effective spin on a classic detective noir tale. Far more layered & dark than I was expecting. The movie handles tonal shift from light to dark really well. Adam Brody is just effortlessly good in this and his performance successfully turns a simple detective story into a sad and absorbing character study.

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  Review by calfornia ★★★★

  The whole town pitched in to get Abe an office 🕵️‍♂️
  They should have pitched in to get Abe a therapist 🥺

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  Review by movie enjoyer ★★★★½ 1

  this had no right to be so good? that scene thats just two characters sitting at a table and talking for about 5 minutes made my blood pressure skyrocket

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  Review by Ayo Edebiri 4

  Adam Brody VERY good actor VERY good leading man! two different things imho and he is good at both!

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  Review by Robert Franco 1

  “this guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about”
  “well... your dad is gay.”

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  Review by AmandaTheJedi ★★★½ 2

  More Adam Brody lead roles please

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  Review by Bobby ★★★★½ 6

  well that was fucking excellent and i did not see it coming. this is gonna be one of those movies that i recommend to people and they say oh i've never heard of that and then the next time i see them they're like here's one hundred dollars for the recommendation i know it's not enough but it's all i have please forgive me i love you.

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  Review by Ethan Ethan ★★★★ 2

  This might be the funniest movie I've seen all year or I just had really low expectations. Either way, I don't care cause I enjoyed it.

  Adam Brody shines as the cynical former kid detective who is desperate to prove himself. His antics aren't really special nor original when it comes to solving cases: he can pick a lock, hide in a closet or break into someone's house. What makes his character so fun to watch on screen is that they managed to make the idea of a 32 year old man being a former kid detective both absurd and depressing.

  Absurd at how the townfolks used to rely on him so much, and depressing on how the townfolks used to rely on him so much.

  Halfway through it I thought this movie was about the pressure others put on you, but at the end, we're just really putting that exact pressure on ourselves.

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  Review by nick ★★★★½ 9

  The Kid Detective is a unique coming-of-age story wrapped in a dark, enticing murder mystery. It's an ultimately daunting tale where the lives of teenagers are compromised and exploited by the evil adult world, which makes the final moments of salvation all the more endearing and cathartic.

  With an overall deadpan style, The Kid Detective managed to offer quirky yet effective chuckles to its otherwise solemn storyline. Adam Brody, who played the titular character, a detective who is offered another murder case as a chance to revitalize his reputation as a crime-solving prodigy, was absolutely mesmerizing thanks to his personal charm and a layered performance.

  With its slow-burn of noir-ish detective procedures, The Kid Detective takes its time to build…