A comedy with a good concept, but it just doesn't quite deliver in the laugh department. Donald Glover, D.C. Pierson and Dominic Dierkes play three 18 year-old boys who peaked when they were seven years old. A master of disguise, a boy genius and a tough kid, together they formed the Mystery Team, who would solve petty, childish mysteries around town for a dime a pop. They were beloved at the time, but when they're still at it 11 years later, it's kind of sad. One day a little girl brings them a grown-up mystery: her parents were murdered. It's out of their jurisdiction (they're usually occupied with finding out who stuck their finger in an old lady's boysenberry pie), but, pressured to grow up, they take the case. The film gets some good mileage out of these juveniles getting mixed up in strip clubs and drug deals. And it has its share of fun bits and good lines. But, in the end, it all comes down to the fact that it's never funny enough. It just feels like the film misses too many opportunities. There's a sequence where two of the kids reveal to the third that they do indeed intend to go to college next year that demonstrates that the film could have been much more.
Review of Mystery Team
