‘Veronica Mars’ Blu-ray Review

Veronica Mars Blu-Ray Review

-By Rebecca Murray

Confession: I have not watched every episode of Veronica Mars. In fact, I haven’t watched more episodes than I have actually watched. But the limited background that I have in the world of Veronica Mars the series paid off while watching Veronica Mars the movie, as I caught a few things those who are completely out of the loop on the show wouldn’t catch. That limited background also helped in determining whether the film works as a complete stand-alone for those who’ve never seen a single episode of the series which ran for three seasons back in the mid-2000s. The answer to that question is yes, although the movie may seem a little sitcom-ish in places.


After a brief recap of the series, the film finds a now grown-up Veronica Mars (played once again by Kristen Bell) in a relationship with Piz (Chris Lowell) and on the verge of being hired by a prestigious law firm. The small town of Neptune is behind her…or so she thinks until she sees a news report that her former boyfriend, Logan Echolls (Jason Dohring), is being investigated for the murder of his movie star girlfriend who also happened to have gone to high school with the gang.

Although she is attempting to distance herself from her hometown, Veronica is drawn into the murder investigation when Logan calls and asks for her help. Unable to say no, Veronica heads home where she surprises her dad, Keith (Enrico Colantoni), and meets up with her old high school friends. The murder just happened to take place around the same time as her high school reunion, which gives writer/director Rob Thomas a chance to really relive all the old Veronica Mars TV glory.

Fans of the series (aka Marshmellows) are going eat up all the Veronica Mars goodness while those who weren’t into the teen detective series in the first place will also still find much of the film enjoyable. I use the qualifier “much” because Veronica Mars does slow down a bit after the initial set-up and plays out more like a two hour made-for-TV movie than a theatrically released film. And if it weren’t for the passion of the Marshmellows who catapulted Veronica Mars‘ Kickstarter campaign into the record books, the film might have ultimately wound up as a made-for-TV release (if it was made at all). That said, overall Veronica Mars is a fun little crime drama/action comedy made watchable mostly because of Bell’s charming presence on screen.

Veronica Mars Blu-ray Bonus Features

By the Fans: The Making of the Veronica Mars Movie – A lengthy featurette focusing on the people who made the movie possible: the fans. The featurette provides a behind-the-scenes look at the film’s journey as well as interviews with fans.

Welcome to Keith Mars Investigation – Marshmellows probably guessed this one’s all about Enrico Colantoni.

Game Show with Kristen Bell and Chris Lowell – A short but fun video of Kristen and Chris asking each other questions. Among the questions asked are if Piz and Veronica will stay together and what is Chris’ work-out routine. And Chris wants to know why he was left out of the Kickstarter campaign when everyone else was included.

On Set With Max GreenfieldNew Girl‘s Max Greenfield talks about the movie and how it’s still what fans talk about the most when they meet him.

Veronica Mars’ Backers – This one is only interesting to Kickstarter backers. The rest of the world can press skip.

It’s Not All About You, Monkey – Writer/director Rob Thomas and Ryan Hansen pull a prank involving a monkey suit.

Young Veronica – An up-close look at Nora Sakal who plays a younger version of Veronica.

The extra features also include deleted/extended scenes a decent gag reel.

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Shop for Veronica Mars at Amazon.com. Veronica Mars is available on Blu-ray and DVD on May 6, 2014.

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