Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Kristen Bell | ... | Veronica Mars | |
Jason Dohring | ... | Logan Echolls | |
Enrico Colantoni | ... | Keith Mars | |
Chris Lowell | ... | Stosh 'Piz' Piznarski | |
Percy Daggs III | ... | Wallace Fennel | |
Tina Majorino | ... | Cindy 'Mac' Mackenzie | |
Krysten Ritter | ... | Gia Goodman | |
Martin Starr | ... | Stu 'Cobb' Cobbler | |
Gaby Hoffmann | ... | Ruby Jetson | |
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Andrea Estella | ... | Bonnie DeVille |
Jerry O'Connell | ... | Sheriff Dan Lamb | |
Francis Capra | ... | Eli 'Weevil' Navarro | |
Ryan Hansen | ... | Dick Casablancas | |
Brandon Hillock | ... | Deputy Jerry Sacks | |
Maury Sterling | ... | Deputy Lyles |
Former teenage private eye and now an aspiring New York City lawyer, Veronica Mars gets one phone call from ex-boyfriend Logan Echolls and she gets pulled right back into the seedy underbelly of Neptune, California. Logan's pop star girlfriend, Bonnie DeVille, has been murdered and he needs Veronica's help to clear his name. DeVille is a fellow Neptune High alum, and her murder and Veronica's return to Neptune coincide with their 10-year high school reunion. Veronica is face to face with old friends and foes alike and finds it's much harder to leave home a second time. Written by Anne Campbell
Excuse the use of the Sade song title, but it really sums up my feelings about this film. I wanted to like it, I really did. I liked the TV show, and even contributed to the Kickstarter campaign. I'm not sure what I expected, but what we got was basically a 2 hour TV reunion show (2 hours if you had commercials, the film is only 105 minutes).
In 10 years, the residents of Jupiter have gotten older, but not smarter or wiser. And, sadly, even though all of the actors expressed great enthusiasm for the project, they all seem a little tired. They're happy for the pay checks, but in the end, they are rehashing the same characters, with the same emotions and the same actions as 10 years ago. Kristen Bell always brought that world-weary sense of cynicism to Veronica Mars, even when she was playing a high school detective. Now she just seems weary. I would much rather watch her in 'House of Lies', where that more grown up cynicism shines.
Bottom line is we should all have just moved on, and let our memories of the TV show remain intact. This was not an elegant ending of a good show, but a sad reminder of what we once liked and enjoyed.