This film got a bad wrap from some fans but I ended up liking it a lot. It was never going to be as good as the TV series because (a) it's a movie and can't have the dense plotting of the original series and (b) it's not as high school and thus simply not as much fun. But it was made by people who cared and is a decent enough mystery - although I would have liked it more had I remembered the girl who died.
The cast is impressive - Kristen Bell is fun in the role of her life time and it's great to see old familiar faces again like Jason Dohring (though I think he's meant to be better looking in naval whites than he appears), Krysten Ritter (outstanding), Francis Capra (a role that you think is going to be bigger than it turns out to be), Percy Daggs III, Ryan Hansen (great fun), Enrico Colantani, Ken Marino, Chris Lowell. Martin Starr is great too. I love the way Veronica is always the hero but the guys in her life still have balls i.e. fighting over her and such.
There are some brilliant cameos too like from James Franco, Justin Long and Dax Shepherd. I could have done without Harvey Levin.
Production values are high and there are some great moments - like Veronica dancing with her friends but checking out suspects and the finale where a killer is after her to the song "You'll Never Find a Love Like Mine".
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