Etsivätoimisto Henkka & Kivimutka

This take on the children's detective genre sticks out from the crowd by bringing in a handful of carefully chosen elements to please the crowd that little extra. Such as scenes where the movie turns into a musical, efficiently executed fake day-dreaming sequences and emotional intelligence lessons for beginners. You have something nice to hold on to during the ride when the makers manage to convince you that they have their hearts in the rightest of all places. We can sit comfortable during the young detectives investigating their blood stained axe discovery and taking a stab at a murder case. Despite the thrilling hint of gore, the story struggles from low stakes and adult actors whom on the emotional level, simply cannot hold their own, next to true natural talents. The kids are mighty great, in other words.