Veronica Mars (2014)

Veronica Mars: Directed by Rob Thomas. With Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Chris Lowell. Years after walking away from her past as a young private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown, just in time for her high school reunion, in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who’s embroiled in a murder mystery.

“Very well done! This is the most unabashed Fan-Service film Iu0026#39;ve seen since Serenity…and I daresay, it caters to its fans even more than Serenity did. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn fact, my biggest complaint about this movie is that it might cater too much to fans, leaving newcomers in the dark. The movie re- introduces you to Veronica, but virtually everyone else gets no exposition and no character development (beyond what youu0026#39;d see in a typical episode, that is). u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor fans of the show, this movie is a gift. You basically get a new episode of the TV show here- a bottle episode thatu0026#39;s roughly 100 minutes long.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere were a few differences- namely, I didnu0026#39;t remember the show being this funny. Veronica always had a good sense of humor, as did her dad, but in this movie there were a surprising amount of laughs. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlso, the mystery isnu0026#39;t as deep as the full season one and two story lines (obviously). Whatu0026#39;s worse, I donu0026#39;t think the resolution of the mystery has that same u0026quot;I should have seen it all along!u0026quot; genius that made seasons 1 and 2 so special. Iu0026#39;d say the plot is comparable to one of the mini-arcs from season 3. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLastly, as good as this movie is, it still doesnu0026#39;t exceed (or even meet) what the show already did at the top of its game. The emotional highs and lows are the same old thing as before, and the plot isnu0026#39;t nearly as neatly connected. Iu0026#39;d say I rate the movie as slightly above season 3, but not as good as seasons 1 or 2. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut what the Hell, you get to see Veronica work again, and itu0026#39;s too much fun to pass up!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFans must see this movie.”