Rotten
'Nancy Drew' still has a televisual feel - more 'Murder, She Wrote' than junior 'Marple'.
Anna Smith, Time Out
Nancy Drew
Small Town Girl. Big Time Adventure.
2007 · 1h 39m · PG
Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Directed by
Andrew Fleming
Overview
Intrepid teenage private eye Nancy Drew heads to Tinseltown with her father to investigate the unsolved murder of a movie star in this old-fashioned whodunit based on Carolyn Keene's popular series of books for young adults. But can the small-town girl cut through the Hollywood hype to solve the case?
Director and cast
- Andrew Fleming Director
- Emma Roberts as Nancy Drew
- Josh Flitter as Corky Veinshtein
- Max Thieriot as Ned Nickerson
- Rachael Leigh Cook as Jane Brighton
- Tate Donovan as Carson Drew
- Marshall Bell as John Leshing
- Daniella Monet as Inga Veinshtein
- Kelly Vitz as Trish
- Barry Bostwick as Dashiel Biedermeyer
- Bruce Willis as Bruce (uncredited)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
49%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's one of the few tween movies that isn't in your face; its limpness becomes appealing.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
I doubt if any female over the age of twelve would get much pleasure from the film.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
It's got a lot of fun energy, and it's got a certain kind of inspired loopiness that I found entertaining.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
This Nancy is a throwback, but a charming one, and Roberts (Julia Roberts' niece) plays her with an irresistible sweetness.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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