Mystery Team Page #5

Synopsis: Three clueless high school nerds, best friends for years, call themselves the "Mystery Team" and solve neighborhood crimes - such as who poked a finger in a pie cooling on a window ledge - cute at seven but foolish at 18. Then, one morning, a young girl pays them a dime to find out who murdered her parents the night before and took her grandmother's ring. Using inept methods, the team lucks onto the trail of the bad guys. Can they bumble to success and a renewed reputation? And what about coming of age?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Director(s): Dan Eckman
Production: Roadside Attractions
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
R
Year:
2009
97 min
Website
417 Views


I think it's fish!

Not now, Jamie.

Are we a team?

Yeah, we're a team.

Yeah. We're a team.

Oh, there he is.

My favorite.

Hey, Jordy.

What do you know

about a kid named Dougie?

Dirty hair, skater shirts.

Oh, Dougie Sanders.

Yeah, he robbed

this place once.

Good kid, though.

He had a ring

we were looking for.

He said somebody named

Leroy gave it to him.

Something

about his mom.

Oh, that guy that used to f***

his mom a whole bunch.

Leroy Maddox.

Yeah, he was a senior

my second sophomore year.

He is a bad dude.

He's into

some serious drugs.

He was on a drug deal once

that went sour,

then some Bosnians

stole his van door.

Still drove it around,

though.

He don't give a f***.

Where can we find him?

Last I heard, he worked

at the lumber yard

where they make lumber.

Perfect. We'll go

to the lumber yard,

arrest Leroy,

and Kelly will think

we're real detectives.

Who's Kelly?

Jason's lady friend.

Oh, nice.

You know, the old, uh--

[chuckling]

Yeah, yeah.

Put-- Ahh, right?

Poke her in the eye.

That's not what I meant.

How could you

get that from that?

You, though.

Quite the ladies' man.

No.

You remind me a little of me.

You know what I'm going

to call you from now on?

Little Me!

Just came up with that

right now.

But that's what I'm going

to call you forever.

From now on, that'll be,

like, our little thing,

like you're, like,

a little version of me.

I carry you around

like-- like in a papoose.

It would be amazing.

That's great, Jordy.

That's tops, that's tops.

Okay. Let's go

to the lumber yard,

find this Leroy guy.

Mystery Team?

Mystery Team.

Mystery Team.

Hey.

Just paying you

in advance, buddy.

Oh.

One ice cream is enough

for one day, right?

Paying you in advance,

buddy.

[chuckling]

Okay.

Bye, Jordy.

Bye.

Bye.

Ah, wood.

Nature's metal.

I brought some more wood

to the wood place

because I work here.

Everything go smoothly?

Yes, I established

credibility.

Honestly,

this is breaking

and entering, okay?

It's illegal.

But it's for justice,

so it's legal again.

Okay, look for anything

with Leroy's name on it.

Uh, what the hell are you

doing in my office?

We could ask you

the same question, Greg.

No, you can't.

It's my office.

Yeah, well--

Wait.

You're the kid from

the strip club, right?

And you're the guy who

puts milk in his butt.

Hey, boss,

how was lunch?

It was good.

So...

this is blackmail, huh?

What else do you know?

Lots. Duncan?

The capital of India

is New Delhi.

Hummingbirds

can flap their wings

Fist, heart-- same size.

Stop.

What department does

Leroy Maddox work in?

We want to have

a little chat.

He doesn't work here.

He never did.

But we have information

that says otherwise.

No one by that name

has ever worked here, okay?

Now get out of my office

before I call the police.

But--

Get out!

I guess

Jordy heard wrong.

Did you see his face

when we said Leroy's name?

It flipped faster than

a Sunday morning pancake.

Something's up.

Nothing's up, okay?

We just broke

into a man's office.

What are you doing?

[Charlie]

Leroy's in that picture.

He was lying to us.

Leroy did work here.

Why would he lie?

Because they're in cahoots.

My dad said Holden & Charles

is buying the lumber yard

and getting rid

of the union workers.

And Kelly's dad was a lawyer

for Holden & Charles.

So Greg has Leroy

kill Kelly's dad.

And then he covers

his tracks

by pretending

that Leroy never worked

at the lumber yard.

And this

is the lumber yard.

Right?

Hey, what are you doing?

Who the hell's

going to pay for this?

Me. Leroy Maddox.

Yeah. I work here.

Just--

Just send me a bill.

Actually,

what is the address

that you have for me

in your computer?

Because I'm planning

on moving to Guam.

Ah. Just send the bill there.

I thought you said

you were moving to Guam.

Sir, please stay

out of my affairs.

This must be it.

All right. Our best bet

to infiltrate this place

is as high school students

trying to buy drugs.

We are high school

students.

I know, but we need

to make Leroy think

we're high school students

and not the weirdoes

we go to school with.

Real high school students.

What you want?

Hi. We'd like to buy

some cocaine.

Got money?

Of course. We're

high school students.

We've bought cocaine before.

Get the f*** in here.

That's my girl Destiny.

Hey.

Don't suck their d*cks.

You guys cops?

Nope. Just regular

high school students

looking to buy some cocaine

on a Saturday night.

Good.

It's going to be 200

for an 8-ball.

Do we need eight?

You know, let's

treat ourselves.

You're right.

Let's get eight balls.

Yeah. Looks like

we've got a long

night

of cocaine

ahead of us.

Now, uh, do we

have to sign something?

[phone rings]

Because I--

Chill here.

I'll be right back.

Don't suck their d*cks.

You want me

to suck your d*cks?

No.

No, ma'am.

That's okay.

Thank you, though.

Thank you.

I'm going to go...

to the bathroom.

Ahem.

Mmm.

Yeah, that 50 grand

you put in my account?

I'm thinking now

it ought to be a hundred.

Yeah, well, whether you wanted

them dead or not, they are.

And you take

a f***ing chill pill.

Man, I told you we didn't

see the f***ing papers.

Papers.

And if I'm really drunk,

I won't even tell them

that I'm having an outbreak.

Now you share something.

Destiny, could you tell

Leroy that I had to go?

Uh, something came up.

What's going on?

He said something about papers

over at Kelly's house.

I got to go over

and check them out.

Stall him.

Stall him? Are you crazy?

Thanks, man.

You're a pal.

I'm really close

to solving this one.

He definitely killed them.

Okay. Bye.

F***!

Motherfuck!

He thinks I'm asking.

I ain't f***ing asking.

Where's the other one?

Oh, that guy?

We didn't know that guy.

We thought

you knew that guy,

so we should probably

just go, then.

You guys

trying to f*** me?

What?

He said do you guys

want to f*** me?

No, that ain't what I said.

Are you or are you not

trying to f*** me?

We aren't trying

to F anyone.

Look, this is a bad time

to buy cocaine anyway.

I mean, with the market

the way it is,

it is better

to rent cocaine.

Till your friend

comes back,

you guys ain't going

anywhere.

[door opens]

Ow!

Oh, f***!

Kelly?

What are you doing here?

Getting Brianna's teddy bear.

Oh, my f***ing face.

I'm-- I'm so sorry.

Are you okay?

No, I'm not.

Whoa, Nelly! I really

got you good, huh?

What?

Ohh.

Wait a minute.

Why are you here?

Um, well, there was

some major progress

in the case, so--

Jason, I swear to God,

I told you--

I know.

You told us to stop.

And that's fine

because you don't know

that you're wrong.

But we got

a really good lead

that something very important

is in this house.

There's nothing here,

okay?

The police took everything

important to the case.

They're professionals.

Okay, did your dad ever

say anything strange

about the union?

No. He did

what he always did.

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