Minor Details is a 2009 mystery film that was directed by John Lyde, based on a script written by Sally Meyer and Anne M. Edwards. It stars Caitlin EJ Meyer and Danielle Chuchran as two teenage girls who must help discover why a mysterious epidemic of sickness is starting to take over the school.

Minor Details
Directed byJohn Lyde
Written bySally Meyer
Anne Edwards
Produced byJohn Lyde
Leah Faber
Anne Edwards
Sally Meyer
StarringKelsey Edwards
Caitlin EJ Meyer
Danielle Chuchran
Lauren Faber
Jennette McCurdy
Savannah Jayde Gipson
Emma Duke
Brady Edwards
Andrew Cottrill
Elijah Thomas
CinematographyJohn Lyde
Edited byJohn Lyde
Music byBrittnee Belt
Robert Allen Elliott
Production
company
Mainstay Productions
Distributed bySunWorld Pictures
Release date
  • January 23, 2009 (2009-01-23)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot edit

Danforth Academy is an upscale boarding school where extremely wealthy families send their children. Four students, Abby, Paige, Claire, and Taylor, make friends with one another despite some initial misgivings and band together to solve the mystery of why students are falling sick after eating the cafeteria food. They believe that it may be someone targeting various groups at school such as the cheerleaders and theatre kids, but cannot come up with a reason as to why this is happening.

They compile a list of suspects: the super-wealthy Mia and Riley, wacky Sean, the strange Professor Plume, and Emily, the intelligent daughter of the principal. Eventually, the students discover that the culprit is Mia, whose father owns a vending machine business. She wanted to attend modeling camp and used ipecac to trick everyone into thinking that the cafeteria food was contaminated in order to drive up sales to the vending machines, which are owned by her father.

Cast edit

  • Kelsey Edwards as Abby
  • Caitlin EJ Meyer as Paige
  • Danielle Churchran as Claire Barlow
  • Lauren Faber as Taylor Williams
  • Jennette McCurdy as Mia Maxwell
  • Emma Duke as Emily Littman
  • Savannah Jayde as Riley Jackson
  • Brady Edwards as Brad
  • Andrew Cottrill as Sean
  • Steve Anderson as Professor Plume
  • Susanne Sutchy as Principal Littman
  • Elijah Thomas as Ethan
  • Frank Gerrish as Sgt. Aimes
  • Charan Prabhakar as Coach Johnson
  • Danor Gerald as Oscar
  • Clara Susan Morey II as Nurse Betty
  • Christy Summerhays as Pauline
  • Shauna Thompson as Shelly
  • Joel Bishop as Tom
  • Dakota Edwards as Ben
  • Jennifer Klekas as Coach Hallows
  • Tori Ramert as Samantha
  • Colleen Baum as Elsie
  • Samantha Endicott as Gracie
  • Rachelle Faber as Janis
  • Ruby Chase as Meena (as Ruby Chase O'Neil)
  • Tatiana Galindo as Lindsay Pepper
  • Whitney Lee as Vanessa Guss
  • Sloane Endicott as Waitress

Development edit

Filming for Minor Details took place in Utah Valley during 2008.[1][2]

Reception edit

Common Sense Media rated the film at 2/5 stars, stating that it was a "Ho-hum mystery/comedy for tweens".[3] The Dove Foundation awarded Minor Details a "Family-Approved" Seal and wrote that it was "a charming funny mystery that will be enjoyed by the entire family".[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Clark, Cody (January 23, 2009). "Filming a movie is in the 'Minor Details'". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  2. ^ "Minor Details-New Teen Flick from LDS Filmmakers". LDS Magazine. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  3. ^ Robledo, S. Jhoanna (2010-08-31). "Minor Details - Movie Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  4. ^ "Minor Details: Dove Family Friendly Movie Reviews". Dove.org. Retrieved 2020-10-27.

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