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Nancy Drew (2007)

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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 136
Fresh: 68 | Rotten: 68

Emma Roberts is bubbly and charming as Nancy Drew, the junior detective. But despite her best efforts, Nancy Drew still lacks excitement, surprise, and compelling secondary characters.

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Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 43
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 19

Emma Roberts is bubbly and charming as Nancy Drew, the junior detective. But despite her best efforts, Nancy Drew still lacks excitement, surprise, and compelling secondary characters.

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A resourceful teenage super-sleuth finds her investigative skills put to the ultimate test as director Andrew Fleming and screenwriter Tiffany Paulsen revive the character originally made famous by author Carolyn Keene. Upon leaving her quaint hometown of River Heights and arriving in Los Angeles with her father, Carson (Tate Donovan), precocious small-town teen Nancy Drew (Emma Roberts) enrolls in Hollywood High and discovers just how different life on the West Coast really is. A true original

Mar 11, 2008

$25.5M

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'Nancy Drew' still has a televisual feel - more 'Murder, She Wrote' than junior 'Marple'.

June 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out
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It's one of the few tween movies that isn't in your face; its limpness becomes appealing.

June 29, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Magazine
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I doubt if any female over the age of twelve would get much pleasure from the film.

June 19, 2007 Full Review Source: New Yorker
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It's got a lot of fun energy, and it's got a certain kind of inspired loopiness that I found entertaining.

June 18, 2007
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This Nancy is a throwback, but a charming one, and Roberts (Julia Roberts' niece) plays her with an irresistible sweetness.

June 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
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Feels more like pop Twin Peaks than anything else; call it the new Hollywood sincerity.

June 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out New York
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There are far worse movies made for teenage girls but with so many alternatives in today's market, this poor girl just doesn't stand out like she used to.

March 17, 2008 Full Review Source: The Deadbolt
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A great coming of age girl movie that prioritzes teen personality and brain power over female body appeal.

March 15, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze
NewsBlaze

A great coming of age girl movie that prioritzes teen personality and brain power over female body appeal.

March 15, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze
NewsBlaze

...a gentle spoof, a piece of tongue in cheek humor, and most of the time it's pretty amusing.

March 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

...younger people should find it entertaining, and the spoofing will not be a complete waste for many adults.

March 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment (1)
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I couldn't resist the sweet and often entertaining misadventures of a truly engaging feminist icon brought onto the screen by Emma Roberts with humility, individuality, and comic timing...

March 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed
Cinema Crazed

For adults, there are some pleasures to be found here and there, but parents won't be blown away by it the way their daughters will.

March 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Aisle Seat
Aisle Seat

I think a character like Nancy Drew can still work in today's pop culture world, but unfortunately the film doesn't believe in her enough.

March 3, 2008 Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review
The Scorecard Review

Big-screen teen sleuth is cute, if a bit bland.

October 31, 2007 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

There's something very weird about Andrew Fleming's movie, perhaps because it's essentially The Black Dahlia for tweens, with kissing but without the sex or mutilation.

October 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph
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Audience Reviews for Nancy Drew

A great film for intelligent pre-teen girls but anyone out of that audience range won't find much to like about this. Roberts gives a good performance, but I assume the source material is much richer and enthralling.
December 17, 2007
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Nancy Drew is an embarassment to mystery films and may be fine for small girls, but not for me.
December 28, 2011
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    1. Nancy Drew: I just can't help it!
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