Veronica Mars (2014)
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A former teenage sleuth returns to her hometown to investigate the murder of a former classmate and clear her ex-boyfriend's name.
The story
Nine years after the events of the series finale, former teenage sleuth Veronica Mars has moved to New York City for a prestigious law firm job offer. However, she is contacted by her ex-boyfriend Logan Echolls, a Navy Lieutenant accused of murdering his girlfriend, Carrie Bishop. Veronica agrees to return to Neptune to help Logan find a lawyer. Upon her return, she reunites with her father, Keith Mars, a private investigator. As she begins investigating the circumstances of Carrie's death, she attends her ten-year high school reunion and discovers that the murder may be connected to a disappearance that occurred nearly a decade earlier.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Nine years after the series finale, Veronica Mars leaves her life in New York City to return to Neptune, California, to help her ex-boyfriend Logan Echolls, a Navy Lieutenant accused of murdering his girlfriend, Carrie Bishop. Reuniting with her father, Keith Mars, Veronica investigates Carrie's death and discovers it is linked to the disappearance of Susan Knight nine years prior. During her high school reunion, she learns that former biker Weevil Navarro is now a reformed family man. After a confrontation involving a sex tape and a fight at the reunion, Veronica learns that Carrie was killed because she threatened to confess to a cover-up involving several people who were on a boat the night Susan disappeared. Veronica discovers that Vinnie Van Lowe has been selling compromising videos of celebrities. She eventually proves that Gia Goodman and Luke Haldeman killed Carrie to frame Logan. Despite Sheriff Lamb's refusal to act, Veronica records his refusal. After a violent confrontation where Gia reveals that Stu "Cobb" Cobbler was the mastermind who took photos of the crime, Veronica lures Cobb to a basement and beats him unconscious. Cobb is eventually arrested. Logan returns to the Navy, and Veronica takes over her father's private investigator business with Mac as her assistant, dedicated to fighting Neptune's corruption.
- First release year
- 2014
- Runtime (minutes)
- 107
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Rob Thomas
- Writers
- Rob Thomas · screenplay; Diane Ruggiero · screenplay; Rob Thomas · story
- Cast and characters
- Kristen Bell · Veronica Mars; Jason Dohring · Logan Echolls; Krysten Ritter · Gia Goodman; Ryan Hansen · Dick Casablancas; Francis Capra · Eli "Weevil" Navarro; Percy Daggs III · Wallace Fennel; Chris Lowell · Stosh "Piz" Piznarski; Tina Majorino · Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie
- Genres
- neo-noir; mystery
- Themes
- Corruption; Classism; Justice; Redemption
- Tone and mood
- Neo-noir; Mystery; Character-driven
- Premise and plot tags
- Continuing Film Adaptation; Kickstarter-funded; Mystery; Neo-noir
- Source material / true-story basis
- Television series of the same name
- Franchise connections
- Veronica Mars
- Content notes
- Sex tape
- Reception
- The film received positive reviews from critics and audiences, with many praising the writing and Bell's performance.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 80% · review count: 138; Metacritic · score: 62 · scale: 100 · review count: 35
- Production trivia
- The film was the first film distributed theatrically and for home viewing at the same time in the United States by one of Hollywood's six major studios.; The Kickstarter campaign for the film broke several records, including being the largest successful film project on the website at the time.
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