'The Kid Detective' isn't great or fantastic or anything like that, but it certainly isn't a bad movie. The acting is good, the story is intriguing and it does enough other things well to not be boring or stale throughout the entire movie. I would call it a dark comedy although I only laughed once throughout the entire movie, so don't expect a laugh-a-minute movie or anything like that, it's just humorous enough without actually making you laugh, since the entire movie is dark and somber due to the subject matter that it deals with plus the two main characters being very somber themselves. Overall it's a fine movie and worth watching at least once.