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The Kid Detective is a 2020 Canadian mystery comedy-drama film written and directed by Evan Morgan and starring Adam Brody, Sophie Nélisse, Wendy Crewson, Sarah Sutherland, and Tzi Ma. It was inspired by the Encyclopedia Brown book series. The Kid Detective was screened in the industry program at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. [4]
The visceral negotiation between one’s former glory and failure-tainted adulthood is at the heart of “The Kid Detective,” haunting its sad sack of a protagonist, Abe Applebaum (Adam Brody). ...
Adam Brody stars in "The Kid Detective," a genre-blending meditation on the loss of innocence that successfully mixes mystery, dark comedy and drama.
He also starred in the mystery film The Kid Detective (2020) and the Hulu miniseries Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022). For his performance as a rabbi in the Netflix romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This (2024), he earned a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor .
Evan Morgan's directorial debut rewrites the Encyclopedia Brown mythos with mixed results, including a stellar turn from Brody and a tonal twist that won't fly with everyone.
In 2020, Gruman marked his second theatrical appearance in The Kid Detective. [8] He played the lead-supporting role formally known as young Abe, the kid detective. Adam Brody plays the lead role: the older version of their shared character, Abe Applebaum.
Marie-Sophie Nélisse (born March 27, 2000) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her Genie Award–winning performance in Monsieur Lazhar (2011). She also played Liesel Meminger in the film adaptation of the best-selling novel The Book Thief (2013) and Caroline in The Kid Detective (2020).
The sheer range of genres represented by this week’s new releases — from Liam Neeson thriller “Honest Thief” to romantic weepie “2 Hearts” — suggests that distributors of all kinds ...