Detetives do Prédio Azul: O Filme

Detetives do Prédio Azul: O Filme is a 2017 Brazilian film, directed by André Pellenz, based on the series of Detetives do Prédio Azul, shown on the Gloob channel. The film was officially released on July 13, 2017.

Plot
Bento, Sol and Pippo need to unravel the biggest mystery of their lives to prevent the Blue Building from being demolished. For this, they call back the original Blue Building Detectives, Mila, Tom and Capim. The gang infiltrates the party of Dona Leocádia, the terrible landlady who is, literally, a witch. There, they witness a "magical" crime, which condemns the Blue Building to an emergency demolition. To top it off, the only witness - Grandma Berta's talking picture - disappears.

Why This Movie Can Investigate

 * 1) This movie stays true to both the first six seasons of the show and the seventh and eighth seasons of the show with a far more developed story than any episode those seasons have ever done.
 * 2) Incredibly impressive storyline that is about the show's second generation detectives saving the building by solving a big mystery with the help of the show's first generation detectives.
 * 3) Excellent acting that manages to catch the same charm as the show's acting.
 * 4) The characters as always are very nice and the new characters like the wizard friends of Leocádia (Bibi Capa Preta, Temporão and Jaime Quadros) are also nice and his powers are incredible.
 * 5) The voice acting as usual still remains great and it also showed the maturation of the voices of the first generation detectives well.
 * 6) As it takes place in Rio de Janeiro, many of the landscapes and scenarios in the film can be very beautiful.
 * 7) Mari P and Pietro Putrefatos are great villains and their plan to destroy the blue building and Leocádia was incredible, although they had a somewhat petty motivation for this revenge to have been carried out.
 * 8) Lots of fun and memorable moments, like the scenes of the second generation detectives talking in the film's prologue and epilogue.
 * 9) Tom and Capim's little plots in the movie were pretty healthy to watch, as hes they were making their dreams come true.
 * 10) The scene where Pietro Putrefatos is defeated was very satisfying and the final climax between Leocádia and Mari P was also very good to watch.
 * 11) The penultimate scene of the movie where the building is saved in the last two seconds and the second generation detectives explain the mystery all summarized and unraveled to the first generation detectives is also amazing, especially in the part where they gather and all speak together the catchphrase that they always say in every episode that it's "Detetives do Prédio Azul".
 * 12) Healthyly great ending with Pippo, Bento and Sol singing the song representing the entire franchise of show to all the residents in the building and this ending could have been a great ending to the whole franchise if the series hadn't continued.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The humor of the movie is pretty bland and most of the jokes in the movie only focus on fart jokes.
 * 2) The villains' motivation to want revenge on Leocádia and end the blue building is quite petty, as Mari P only wants revenge on Leocádia for having turned her into a fish in the past when she knew it was just an accident of Leocádia since she she was very clumsy in the past and also Leocádia still wanted to correct her mistake by turning her into a human, but she simply wanted to get out of his hands.
 * 3) While the first generation detectives all returned together in this movie, some characters from the show's old cast are completely absent and not even mentioned, which is a little disappointing.

Reception
The film was well received by most fans of the series and some critics who saw the film, although some of the reviews were negative.

The film currently scores 6/10 on IMDb.

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Trivia

 * It is the first film adaptation of the show.
 * This is the shortest film in the show's film franchise.
 * Like us later films, the film's mystery takes place more outside than inside the building.
 * This film also counts as the show's first film released in the 2010s.
 * This is the only film that involves the first generation detectives and the first film that involves the second generation detectives.
 * Director André Pellenz had the idea of ​​making the film without it looking like a special episode of the series. The initial project of the film foresaw an adventure in Ondion and the villain would be Z.Z, but for some reason the script was changed so that the film was more urban.
 * In addition to being recorded in the studio, the film was recorded in the streets of Rio de Janeiro.
 * Filming for the film took place on December 5, 2016 and lasted until February 16, 2017.

See Too
Detetives do Prédio Azul 2: O Mistério Italiano