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Mystery Team

Mystery Team

Comedy · Crime · Mystery · 2009

A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.

Movie details

Mystery Team

“No case too hard. No case too tough.”

2009 Comedy · Crime · Mystery 1h 38m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Dan Eckman

Written by

Dan Eckman · Donald Glover · D.C. Pierson · Dominic Dierkes

Donald Glover

Donald Glover

Jason Rogers

Aubrey Plaza

Aubrey Plaza

Kelly Peters

Dominic Dierkes

Dominic Dierkes

Charlie Day

D.C. Pierson

D.C. Pierson

Duncan Wheeler

Matt Walsh

Matt Walsh

Jim

Glenn Kalison

Glenn Kalison

Robert

P

Peter Saati

Leroy

Court is in session

Put Mystery Team on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Cool Ironist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.