Mystery Team

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Mystery Team

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Released Aug 28, 2009

1h 46m

Comedy

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Ever since childhood, best friends Jason (Donald Glover), Duncan (D.C. Pierson) and Charlie (Dominic Dierkes) have been solving neighborhood crimes. The three young men get the chance of a lifetime when a local woman hires them to find her father's killer. All eyes are watching as the guys use every item in their inept bag of tricks to crack the case.

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Mark Olsen

Los Angeles Times

A pleasant, charming knockabout with a playfully imaginative sense of wit and a pleasingly assured visual style.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 12, 2010

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Smutty, silly, groan-worthy in many places, inexplicably hilarious in others, Mystery Team is a guilty pleasure -- a deeply dumb movie made by pretty smart people.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 28, 2010

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Daniel M. Gold

New York Times

Not surprisingly, especially for a movie heavy on college humor, the results are hit-and-miss. Some bits fall thuddingly flat, and the characters are rarely more than stick figures.

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 4, 2009

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Although it's incredibly silly, the humor is undeniable.

Rated: 7/10

Nov 29, 2020

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

Happily, even when the shock wears off... remains funny, thanks to the decision to make its three hapless, stuck-in-adolescence detectives totally naïve and untouched by all the depravity.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 27, 2018

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Peter Sciretta

Slashfilm

Mystery Team has the potential to be huge. It's funnier and more original than 99% of the comedies Hollywood releases now-a-days.

Rated: 8/10

Nov 27, 2018

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Ry N.

A man-child mystery trio gets challenged with a murder investigation. The comedy is similar to Community but the jokes are a lot more raunchy and maybe a little less well received to sensitive audiences.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/17/25

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Jace T

The derrickcomedy boys from YouTube have bust out of their shorts and into a full blown movie. This film is a ton of fun, and absolutely hilarious. In this movie they are basically full grown adults, who act like children, and are out to solve a full grown adult mystery. Donald Glover is an absolute legend, and went from a YouTuber, to a huge Hollywood star before that was a common occurrence. He even became a rapper as Childish Gambino. He has always made fine work, and this film is no different.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/17/25

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Yuri B

OMG, where to begin... I had been wanting to see this film for some time now. And now that I have, I can honestly say that it was... Something else, definitely not for everyone. And the characters were so damn ridiculous that they actually made my head hurt... But it did have it's moments.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/22/25

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Reuben G

I think some might come to this movie with one thing in mind: OMG IS THAT DONALD GLOVER AKA CHILDISH GAMBINO YOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOY. And for me thats exactly what I thought, but just because he is in this doesn't mean its good, it's great! I have shown this and recommended this to so many people I know and weather if i'm showing clips or trailers of the movie or watching the whole thing with them, I have yet to find someone who doesn't like this, as I really enjoyed this movie, and in some ways, I consider this a stupider and more indie version of 'Dumb & Dumber' with a completely different and refreshing story, and I love every second of this movie, and this ins't me hating on Dumb & Dumber, it's also a great movie, but well, hopefully you get the idea.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/24

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Ben H

I think they had a fun time making this movie and it shows. Its so silly, plenty of adult humor while also maintaining its whimsy. I really loved it, it was a fun ride full of laughter. Been a while since a movie made me laugh out loud that much. Phooey to the lack of a star studded cast, a lot of these new faces did a great job of keeping the movie alive and Donald Glover proved why Troy is such a memorable character in Community. Just discovered this movie and I want to tell all my friends. It was fucking hilarious

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/28/23

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Todd R

A perfect comedy. Seen so many times. Always makes me crack up.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/24/23

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Synopsis

Ever since childhood, best friends Jason (Donald Glover), Duncan (D.C. Pierson) and Charlie (Dominic Dierkes) have been solving neighborhood crimes. The three young men get the chance of a lifetime when a local woman hires them to find her father's killer. All eyes are watching as the guys use every item in their inept bag of tricks to crack the case.

Director: Dan Eckman
Producer: Meggie McFadden
Screenwriter: Dominic Dierkes, Donald Glover, D.C. Pierson
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: Derrick Comedy
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Crude Sexual Content|Some Drug Material)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 28, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 15, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $84.8K
Runtime: 1h 46m

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