The Kid Detective (2020)

My Favorite Films of 2020 (25 movies items)

" "It's difficult to accept the difference between who you are in your head and who you are in the world." Directed by Evan Morgan Written by Evan Morgan Music by Jay McCarrol Cinematography by Mike McLaughlin Editing by Curt Lobb"

Movies Viewed in 2023 (578 movies items)

" First Viewing Viewing Date: February 21st Via: Netflix Plot: A once-celebrated kid detective, now 32, 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. Rating: 7.4/10 Why Did I Watch It? This caught my eye when I was perusing Netflix. The high IMDb rating intrigued me and it's also relatively short, so I decided to watch it."

BradWesley123’s Movie Journal- May 2021 (35 movies items)

" Starz- 1hr. 39min. First Viewing I didn't expect a movie called The Kid Detective to have the emotional resonance that it does. Don't get me wrong, I didn't really have expectations, but I'd assumed an odd, subversive, arrested development-tinged quasi-mystery that fit within independent cinema perimeters. While it is, to a degree, all of those things, it's also a surprisingly adept illustration of the ways trauma can linger and affect every facet of life. This is the best kind of mystery-noir "

Movies the giraffe watched in 2021: May (57 movies items)

"First viewing - May 22nd The Kid Detective is an interesting take on the noir genre mixed with a coming-of-age tale, and it works well enough I guess. I never connected with it on any deeper level, but I appreciated what it was going for and there were moments that are pretty fun and memorable. I like that it has things on its mind at least, as displayed in its themes. Maybe I was expecting something else or maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for it, but I don't know that I'd sit through it "