Picking Nits
Driving, evidence handling and detective luck
In the discussion (5)
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- A thirteen-year-old steering a heavy car seems difficult even for1977.
- Amelia’s fall is explained by a fire escape, but her long barefoot running and pristine dress remain questionable.
- The accessible crime-scene evidence and police failure to detain the protagonists despite many bodies are questioned.
- The inability-to-smell backstory is questioned and compared with a bizarre tragic anecdote in Gremlins; the speakers do not establish medical or gas-safety facts.
- The convoluted plot and suit-based deduction strain belief, though repeated lucky breaks and failure to save Amelia are appreciated as antiheroic choices.