# El efecto Zero (1998)

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**Original title**: *Zero Effect*
**Runtime**: 116 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
**Directed by**: Jake Kasdan
**Written by**: Jake Kasdan
**Starring**: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone, Hugh Ross

> *The world's most private detective.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A busted traffic light flickers on a wet downtown street. A manicured hand slides a case file across a cluttered desk.

A genius detective who can’t leave the office or speak to humans solves crimes by phone. His assistant does everything else.

A Jake Kasdan farce where the real mystery is why anyone talks to him at all.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, outsider, playful

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