Veronica Mars

Swirling its crime-fiction intrigue around a high school reunion, the film plays like a reunion itself, deftly reintroducing the various figures caught in Veronica’s orbit...

...has many pleasures, including emotionally resonant music, widescreen color-noir photography (by Ben Kutchins), and a large cast full of smart actors playing sharply-defined and still surprising characters.

...en flickdetektiv à la Kitty för 2000-talet beväpnad med pepparsprej, eldfängt humör, elpistol och en outsinlig ström av tillintetgörande oneliners.

...the movie comfortably settles into a kind of super-episode, pinging long-dormant pleasure centers with procedural and emotional beats that reward devoted fans.

A big-screen outing for the small screen Nancy Drew-alike that puts the 'fun' into 'crowdfunding'.