Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Syl Veronica Mars is a Southern California teenager with brains and beauty. She has a tenacity for seeking the truth. Kristen Bell plays her as a complex human being rather than a female caricature. She has a terrific supporting cast to assist Veronica Mars in solving mysteries whether light like finding somebody's father after several years and tragic like her best friend's murder. Surprisingly, this series was on the UPN and not the major networks but it created a cult hit around the world. Kristen Bell leads the cast and she does a terrific job in holding the series at times. Enrico Colantoni (Just Shoot Me and Person of Interest) and Corinne Bohrer played her parents. Her late best friend Lily Kane is seen in flashback scenes with Amanda Seyfried (Mean Girls). Other guest stars include Jane Lynch before Glee; Melissa Leo before winning an Oscar; Kyle Secor (Homicide: Life on the Streets); real life couple Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna playing a real life celebrity couple (art imitates life). The first season is about solving the mystery of Lily Kane's death and Veronica's mother who disappears after her father has resigned in disgrace from the Sheriff's office in fictional Neptune, California (not far from San Diego). The cast and the writing hold up throughout the first season and wished you want more by the end.

mindcatcher7 Re-runs of this show are playing - I missed most of it when the show was live.Simply put - the best teen dramedy I recall viewing. The precocious mix of worldly insight and teen insecurity - its addictive.Special props to the casting people - the nuance and non verbal work among the 'teens' is easily the best I recall seeing. Its great, set against the almost charicaturish broad strokes of the 'adults' - which is exactly what everything feels like at that age.Great work.My only concern might be that Kristen Bell never again finds a role this good - or that she can imprint as her own unique snow flake.Would be terrible for anyone to have peaked so early.But what a peak.And as Dick says ' 'the dude abides'. Each to their portion, each in its season.

greywolf1264 Allow me to preface this review by saying that I have a tendency to get hooked on TV shows and that no show has done a better job of reeling me in than this one. In a nutshell, Veronica Mars is one of the best shows I have ever watched and I would highly recommend it to anyone. The entire show is extremely well written with interesting plot lines, clever dialogue, and well developed characters. Veronica is memorably portrayed by Kristen Bell who, while surrounded by impressive actors, still manages to stand out. Any fan of hers would be remiss to not give this show a chance. Though this show is among my favorites, it is not without its flaws. The second season's mystery arc is less interesting than the first's and the third season suffers from executive meddling that leaves it with two smaller mystery arcs which, while both entertaining, leave one with a slight taste of disappointment and a lingering thought about what might have been. In addition to these, there are a few events that seem to come out of left field and never get proper resolution or treatment. Still, these are never so egregious as to undermine the show as a whole. Rather, they are but a spot of imperfection in an otherwise excellent program. The real tragedy here is that the show only lasted for three seasons before being canceled. The good news, however, is that there will be a follow up movie released in 2014. If you want a clever detective show with a fresh and interesting lead character (and cast), then look no further. 9/10

boy boyston When a show's plot revolves around a teenager serving as a private detective, solving murders while holding an arrogant- and utterly sarcastic attitude to each and every thing she comes across, you know that there wasn't much cohesion to begin with. The characters are shallow and flat, the plots are cliché and refuse to go deeper than a flat brick, and most of all, the main character's just a plain annoyance; a scar on the face of modern television. I'd advise you not to lay your eyes upon this visual abomination.It deserves nothing more than a 3 out of 10, and that's me being generous.