Nancy Drew
The other kids at Hollywood High can't figure her out. Everything about her is different – from her super-smarts and retro manners, to her penny loafers and perfect picnic lunches.
But Nancy's got more important things to think about. Namely, a brand new mystery…
- Director:
- Andrew Fleming ('The In-Laws', 'The Craft')
- Writer:
- Andrew FlemingTiffany Paulsen
- Cast:
- Emma RobertsTate DonovanMax ThieriotAmy BrucknerKay Panabaker
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressPurportedly an attempt to modernize the young detective's adventures for a new generation of tweens, the pic instead serves up stale mystery-movie cliches and overcooked red herrings in a thoroughly wooden adaptation...
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe culture-clash procedural, which brings the small-town teen to big bad Hollywood, feels more perfunctory than inspired...
San Francisco Chronicle
pressThe mystery of Nancy Drew' is how a movie can get so many things right -- particularly the inspired casting of Emma Roberts as the spunky teenage sleuth -- yet ultimately disappoint...
New York Post
pressA well-written and in many ways pleasing update of a character who has endured in print for 78 years...
Los Angeles Times
pressHopefully, the girls who see Nancy Drew this summer will take their cues from the smart, engaged, intellectually curious character Roberts so charmingly portrays...
Christchurch Press
pressAn over-abundance of Apple product placement and the appearance of Josh Flitter (Big Momma's House 2) as a really annoying wisecracking sidekick also threaten to derail any enjoyment of the film. Thankfully, it's Roberts to the rescue. Possessing far more charisma (and a good deal less horsiness) than her more famous aunt Julia, Roberts really shines...
SHORT AND SWEET. Im not much of a reader, so i never read the book, this was my 1st taste of Nancy Drew. EMMA ROBERTS plays NANCY DREW, she really 'brought the character to life", and she acts nothing like how she is in the TV show - UNFABULOUS. If you're 15, like me, i recomend you wait and rent the DVD, it's not worth $9, but if you're AGE 7-10, A GIRL I...
Variety
pressPurportedly an attempt to modernize the young detective's adventures for a new generation of tweens, the pic instead serves up stale mystery-movie cliches and overcooked red herrings in a thoroughly wooden adaptation...
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe culture-clash procedural, which brings the small-town teen to big bad Hollywood, feels more perfunctory than inspired...
San Francisco Chronicle
pressThe mystery of Nancy Drew' is how a movie can get so many things right -- particularly the inspired casting of Emma Roberts as the spunky teenage sleuth -- yet ultimately disappoint...
New York Post
pressA well-written and in many ways pleasing update of a character who has endured in print for 78 years...
Los Angeles Times
pressHopefully, the girls who see Nancy Drew this summer will take their cues from the smart, engaged, intellectually curious character Roberts so charmingly portrays...
Christchurch Press
pressAn over-abundance of Apple product placement and the appearance of Josh Flitter (Big Momma's House 2) as a really annoying wisecracking sidekick also threaten to derail any enjoyment of the film. Thankfully, it's Roberts to the rescue. Possessing far more charisma (and a good deal less horsiness) than her more famous aunt Julia, Roberts really shines...
SHORT AND SWEET. Im not much of a reader, so i never read the book, this was my 1st taste of Nancy Drew. EMMA ROBERTS plays NANCY DREW, she really 'brought the character to life", and she acts nothing like how she is in the TV show - UNFABULOUS. If you're 15, like me, i recomend you wait and rent the DVD, it's not worth $9, but if you're AGE 7-10, A GIRL...
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