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MONEY
Did you know
Shot for just $1.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Mystery Team
"No case too hard. No case too tough."
2009 1h 38m EN
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6.1
MID
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60%
FRESH
😬
42
METACRITIC
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6.6
IMDB
★6.1TMDB · 163🍅60%Rotten Tomatoes●42Metacritic★6.6IMDB · 9,859
ComedyCrimeMysteryThriller
Synopsis
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A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.
“No case too hard. No case too tough.”
Cast
Donald Glover
Jason Rogers
Aubrey Plaza
Kelly Peters
Dominic Dierkes
Charlie Day
D.C. Pierson
Duncan Wheeler
Matt Walsh
Jim
Glenn Kalison
Robert
Peter Saati
Leroy
Kay Cannon
Destiny
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Dan Eckman
- Writers
- D.C. Pierson, Donald Glover, Dominic Dierkes
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Fun facts 🍿
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MONEY
Did you know
Earned back only 9% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
MoodPlayr · trivia#02
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ERA
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Released 17 years ago.
MoodPlayr · trivia#03
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Donald Glover. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
MoodPlayr · trivia#04
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Dan Eckman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
MoodPlayr · trivia#05
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CAST
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Donald Glover and Aubrey Plaza and Dominic Dierkes carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "No case too hard. No case too tough.".
MoodPlayr · trivia#07
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt1237838 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Dan Eckman directs. Donald Glover scores. Dan Eckman cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $1.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Earned back only 9% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 3Released 17 years ago.
- 4Original score by Donald Glover. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Dan Eckman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Donald Glover and Aubrey Plaza and Dominic Dierkes carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "No case too hard. No case too tough.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt1237838 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 12 themes, including "detective", "cocaine", "male friendship", "parody".
The technical file
- Original score
- Donald Glover
- Editing
- Dan Eckman
- Runtime
- 98 min · 1h 38m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1,000,000
- Box office
- $89,442
- Return
- 9% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 60% 🍅 Fresh
- Metacritic
- 42/100
- IMDB rating
- 6.6/10 · 9,859 votes
- MPAA
- R
Also by
Dan Eckman
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- DE
Derrick Comedy Productions
- OF
Offhollywood Digital
Key crew
- ProducerMeggie McFadden
- Executive ProducerDominic Dierkes
- Executive ProducerDan Eckman
- Executive ProducerDonald Glover
- Executive ProducerMeggie McFadden
- Executive ProducerD.C. Pierson
- EditorDan Eckman
- CinematographyAustin Schmidt
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- detective
- cocaine
- male friendship
- parody
- toilet
- strip club
- friends
- murder
- spoof
- bike
- feces
- creepy person
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2009-01-17· Sundance Film Festival
- Theatrical2009-08-28R
