The Kid Detective
2020 · Movie · R · 99 min · ★ 6.6 · 80% critics
A former child sleuth, now an aimless adult, spends his days chasing petty local puzzles while struggling with regret and self-doubt. When a new client asks for help with a brutal killing, he finally gets a serious case that forces him to confront the town’s darker side and his own stalled life.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-10-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (472 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a darkly funny, character-driven mystery about a washed-up prodigy chasing one serious case, with a noir-ish edge like The Party; Not for you if you want light comedy or a purely cozy whodunit.
Pros: witty, clever tone; strong character focus; engaging mystery | Cons: gets very dark; comedy may not land; divisive ending
Themes
- small town
- canada
- kidnapping
- detective
- child murder
- investigation
- private investigator
- neo-noir
- suspenseful
- young detective
Cast & crew
Adam Brody
as Abe Applebaum
Sophie Nélisse
as Caroline
Tzi Ma
as Mr. Chang
Peter MacNeill
as Principal Erwin
Maurice Dean Wint
as Constable Cleary
Jonathan Whittaker
as Mr. Applebaum
Wendy Crewson
as Mrs. Applebaum
Sarah Sutherland
as Lucy
Kaitlyn Chalmers-Rizzato
as Gracie Gulliver
Kaleb Horn
as Corey
Directed by Evan Morgan