The Kid Detective

“It's difficult to accept the difference between who you are in your head and who you are in the world.” If you forgive Morgan for somewhat underhandedly going for the hallucinatory style of suggesting "something is not what it seems" only to have it turn out that "everything was exactly what it seemed", it's a playful tinkering with the genre. A black not-so-comedy that slowly strays more and more into the serious and properly dark waters of gloomy neo-noir with some social overtones, where the promising crime line is sidelined due to the full focus on the main character. This bothered me less than I would have expected, because Brody is riveting in the role. Of course, if Morgan had done without "confusing for the sake of confusing", it would have been a bit better. Maybe not with such a specific atmosphere, but at least you'd know what you're in for. (13/02/2021)

The idea is good, and if the movie took place in a time when the protagonist was a child with the ability to solve various mysteries, it could have been a nice family movie, but like this, I didn't enjoy it much. I didn't find it funny or very interesting, it's a bit boring. You can feel it's second-hand material. 4/10. (01/01/2021)