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.
Plot
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
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
Filming for Minor Details took place in Utah Valley during 2008.
Reception
Common Sense Media rated the film at 2/5 stars, stating that it was a "Ho-hum mystery/comedy for tweens". 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".
