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Minor Details

By S. Jhoanna Robledo, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 9+

Ho-hum mystery/comedy for tweens; no edgy content.

Movie PG 2009 85 minutes
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Based on 2 parent reviews

JanvierRain
JanvierRain Adult
February 27, 2013
age 6+

Boring, Blegh, Nothing to See Here

I thought this movie was quite boring. There were several scenes where you could tell the lighting was artificial, which I found annoying. The acting was TERRIBLE. It was so cliche, too. Big yawn-er. The final end conclusion of the movie was extremely anti-climatic, quite dumb, actually. I mean, I get that a 12 or 13 year-old might find it...cool? Maybe? However, I found it to be boring, and an extremely tired story line. Positive side? Yes, there actually is a positive side; the movie was extremely clean, and it didn't have complete "nobody" actors in it. Heey, everybody's gotta start somewhere, right? Even if it is this...film? Joke? Camp Rock Rejects? I dunno. :P
icarlyfan
icarlyfan Parent of 13 and 15-year-old
January 24, 2011
age 15+

Awesome. I love this

I love this movie. Way better than the over the top Disney stuff. Loved the girl who is on iCarly.

This title has:

Great messages
Great role models
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What's the Story?

All is not well at the Danforth Academy, a boarding school that caters to the wealthiest teens. Students are falling ill left and right, and nobody seems to know why. Cheerleaders are the first target; soccer players are next, then the theatre kids -- and so on. It's up to newcomers Paige (Caitlin E.J. Meyer) and Claire (Danielle Chuchran) and their old-timer friends Taylor (Lauren Faber) and Abby (Kelsey Edwards) -- who starts off on the wrong foot with Paige -- to find the culprit and bring stability back to Danforth.

Is It Any Good?

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Kids say (18 ):

The acting in MINOR DETAILS is so over the top that it's hard to concentrate on anything else. As if that weren't bad enough, so many of the characters are caricatures, too -- the indifferent nurse, the eye-rolling tweens, the handsome jocks, the mean girls who are so stereotypically mean. You'd think soccer would look thrilling, but the few scenes on the film look dull and lifeless.

Just because a film is aimed at tweens doesn't mean it ought to be trite. Nevertheless, the plot keeps the film somewhat interesting, perhaps interesting enough to let time pass if there's nothing else to do, if only to witness kids band together for the common good.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about why the perpetrator is terrorizing the school. What does this person get out of it?

  • How does this mystery bring together the four main leads? The school community?

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