Nancy Drew (2007)
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.
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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Movie Info
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skills put to the ultimate test as director Andrew Fleming and screenwriter Tiffany Paulsen revive the character originally made famous by author Carolyn Keene.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
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Cast
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Emma Roberts
Nancy Drew -
Josh Flitter
Corky -
Rachael Leigh Cook
Jane Brighton -
Tate Donovan
Carson Drew -
Barry Bostwick
Dashiel Biedermeyer -
Craig Gellis
Thug -
Rich Cooper
Charlie -
Amy Bruckner
Bess -
Kay Panabaker
Georgie -
Cliff Bemis
Chief McGinnis -
David Doty
Father Murray -
Laura Harring
Dehlia Draycott -
Monica Parker
Hannah -
Caroline Aaron
Barbara Barbara -
Marshall Bell
Leshing -
Daniella Monet
Inga -
Kelly Vitz
Trish -
Phil Abrams
Principal -
Robert Merrill
"New Century" Actor -
Joanne Baron
Costume Lady -
Ryan Raddatz
Assistant Director -
Adam Goldberg
Arrogant Director -
Elyssa Davalos
Twin Palms Manager -
Emmy Laybourne
File Lady -
Rosemary Morgan
"No" Woman -
Amanda Maria Lorca
"No" Woman -
Ahna O'Reilly
"No" Woman -
Ashley-Nicole Sherma...
"No" Woman -
Shaina Vorspan
"No" Woman -
Krystle Hernandez
"No" Woman -
Kaitlyn Van Item
Allie -
Lucille Soong
Waitress -
Dana Lee
Louie -
Pat Carroll
Landlady -
Darnell Dickens
Party Goer #1 -
Edgar Borjas
Party Goer #2 -
Adam Hendershott
Guy at Party -
Adam Clark
Sgt. Billings -
Vito D'Ambrosio
Henchman #1 -
Thom Harris Williams
Henchman #2 -
Jared Weber
Henchman #3 -
James Wing Woo
Chinese Priest in Mo...
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All Critics (141) | Top Critics (45) | Fresh (68) | Rotten (68) | DVD (15)
'Nancy Drew' still has a televisual feel - more 'Murder, She Wrote' than junior 'Marple'.
Top CriticIt's one of the few tween movies that isn't in your face; its limpness becomes appealing.
I doubt if any female over the age of twelve would get much pleasure from the film.
It's got a lot of fun energy, and it's got a certain kind of inspired loopiness that I found entertaining.
This Nancy is a throwback, but a charming one, and Roberts (Julia Roberts' niece) plays her with an irresistible sweetness.
Feels more like pop Twin Peaks than anything else; call it the new Hollywood sincerity.
A great coming of age girl movie that prioritzes teen personality and brain power over female body appeal.
...younger people should find it entertaining, and the spoofing will not be a complete waste for many adults.
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...
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.
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.
Big-screen teen sleuth is cute, if a bit bland.
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.
Carolyn Keene's straitlaced teen detective gets a modern, ironic makeover, but the irony wobbles and the jokes aren't strong enough to carry it.
For sheer objectionable stupidity and dullness, this film takes the biscuit.
Chaotic narrative and half-baked ideas.
This update on the Nancy Drew saga uses old-fashioned stylings in a modern context to confusing, and none-too-suspenseful effect. It's a non-event that fails to do the much-loved character justice.
The original books appeal to generations of readers, but this flick's strictly for tweens and slumming homage-spotters.
At a time of fine teen comedies such as Mean Girls and Freaky Friday, the real mystery was why this was made at all.
That this is just about passable as a divorced parent's weekend treat is down to Roberts' charm and the timeless appeal of Nancy herself.
The age-old mystery doesn't exactly thrill, but there's humour here and there and a swotty heroine that parents, at least, will approve of.
Sadly bland update of everyone's favorite girl detective series never rises above its Scooby Doo-level plot.
t's hard to imagine a better casting choice for the role of the spunky girl detective than (Emma) Roberts, who's transitioned nicely from her television role on Unfabulous to handling lead roles in teen flicks.
A refreshing change of pace in today's often mean-spirited marketplace.
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