Veronica Mars Review

I saw Veronica Mars on March 15, 2014!! As a fan of the television series (haven't seen the entire series, but definitely have seen a good amount of episodes), I was excited for this.I saw this is in a packed theater and as an audience we enjoyed the movie the whole way through. For people that know me, they know I am a bigger fan of female characters than male characters a majority of the time, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that I like the Veronica Mars character.  If you haven't seen the series, it's actually perfectly fine because they start the movie recapping the show and this movie won't leave you in the dark if you haven't seen it. Kristen Bell is such a fun actress. She always did an incredible job with the character on the show, and it definitely translated well to the big screen. I think her sassy attitude, attractive looks, and intellect utilized to solve cases is amazing. The dialogue, witty banter, and chemistry between main and supporting characters is just as strong as it was during the series. I really liked the mystery plot in the movie. There were many layers to it with the ultimate motive being very interesting. The mystery revolves around murder which naturally is what eventually caused Veronica to become the teenage private eye in the series. The murder in this movie revolves around the former Carrie Bishop. The only thing I wish was that Leighton Meester was able to reprise the character, but scheduling wasn't able to make it work. It still ended up working in the end, and ultimately even though Bishop is a big part of the movie's plot, they were able to find an actress that made it work. Along with Kristen Bell, actors like Enrico Collantoni (he was always great as Veronica's former sheriff turned private eye father. I still miss Just Shoot Me for his character on that show falling asleep during a book club meeting), Krysten Ritter(always entertains me-she's beautiful, is able to dance between drama and comedy quite well, and really helps to add great depth to the movie), Martin Starr (perfectly cast-really strong piece of the movie), and Jason Dohring (his chemistry with Bell's Veronica is always fun to watch) provided great performances. The movie blended great dramatic elements with some very hilarious comedic dialogue and moments. There's also some great cameos including Dax Shepherd which was very well placed and had the entire theater I was in laughing-we loved it. At the end of the movie, everybody applauded because it was very well done. Rob Thomas did an excellent job bringing the characters back and creating an interesting mystery that kept me interested the entire time. I give the movie a 4/5 for great characters, an intriguing plot, and dialogue befitting of the Marshamallow universe. I highly recommend seeing this even if you haven't seen the series. I laughed, gasped, and watched as drama and comedy combined to make a movie with substance and colorful characters unlike a one dimensional action movies, which there are far too much of these days.