Zero Effect

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.

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Jake Kasdan directed Zero Effect in 1998. See Jake Kasdan's full filmography, where to start with Jake Kasdan, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jake Kasdan.

Zero Effect was released in 1998 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 116 minutes.