Ace the Case

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Ace the Case

PG-13

2016

1h 34m

Comedy

Mystery & Thriller

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An intrepid 10-year-old girl (Ripley Sobo) tries to help a veteran New York detective (Susan Sarandon) solve the kidnapping of a young woman (Luna Tieu).

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

Too violent and dark for kids but too juvenile and bland for grown-ups.

Rated: D

Aug 24, 2016

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Sophia Nguyen

Village Voice

A caper movie runs on calibrated chaos. Too much randomness makes the gears grind; too little and it feels overdetermined. Ace the Case has both problems.

Aug 24, 2016

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David Noh

Film Journal International

This kiddie crime caper promises fun, but delivers clueless disappointment instead.

Aug 29, 2016

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Betty Jo Tucker

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Helping us suspend disbelief here is Ripley Sobo, one of the most talented little girls I've seen on screen in a long time.

Aug 27, 2016

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Sandie Angulo Chen

Common Sense Media

Tween detective story is surprisingly violent, dark in tone.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 26, 2016

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Loves M

The best part of the movie is the Flemish Giant Rabbit

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/04/24

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Shari H

Very upsetting to see a young child in constant risk of being kidnapped or worse. But Sobo is a fantastic actress. Everything else is meh... The little girl's Dad dies randomly. We are supposed to find the fumbling kidnappers endearing? And the dense blond has a criminal idiot boyfriend. Pretty random plot. And the rabbit... also random.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/26/19

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Audience Member

Ran into this on my TV Now app that has "TV" channels that play D-list and F-list movies and shows. Wow. This acting is atrocious! This is like only half a step above the acting from The Room. Susan Surandon is the only one doing a passable job. Did she gamble all of her money away or something?? How the hell is she in this??? Also, they dubbed english over people that were already speaking english. It's really weird. Either that or the whole movie is really bad ADR...

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Fun feeling movie but some heavy themes mixed in --- though generally light hearted vibe!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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david b

Good family and child friendly watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

If an adult viewer can suspend disbelief and put themselves in the kid's shoes, Manhattan comes off as a terrifying, terrifying ride.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Synopsis

An intrepid 10-year-old girl (Ripley Sobo) tries to help a veteran New York detective (Susan Sarandon) solve the kidnapping of a young woman (Luna Tieu).

Director: Kevin Kaufman
Producer: Kevin Kaufman
Screenwriter: Kevin Kaufman
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Gravitas Ventures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Elements of Violence|Peril|Brief Teen Drinking)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 26, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 29, 2016
Runtime: 1h 34m

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