Years after walking away from her past as a teenage 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.
The Veronica Mars movie is, finally, a reality. It was worth the wait.
Glossy gumshoe fluff that wasn't really worth the effort.
An emotionally rewarding reunion tour for established fans and a taut, sharp-tongued, character-driven thriller for all, Veronica Mars makes a compelling case for its heroine’s continued existence.
If the balance between reintroducing its large cast, making room for cameos and maintaining momentum for its mystery isn't quite struck, for fans at least, the return of the girl called Mars is something to savour.
Refreshingly, for cinemagoers who didn’t follow the show first time round, the big-screen spin-off is an engagingly witty and well-written thriller.
Proves more footnote than fresh start.
A big-screen outing for the small screen Nancy Drew-alike that puts the 'fun' into 'crowdfunding'.
The plot is labyrinthine, the direction televisual and the explanatory voiceover incessant, but a smattering of sharp one-liners hint at the series's enduring appeal.
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