Storyline
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?
Directors
Cast
David Doty, Adam Goldberg, Caroline Aaron, Emma Roberts, Bruce Willis, Marshall Bell, Max Thieriot, Tate Donovan, Monica Parker, Phil Abrams, Barry Bostwick, Laura Harring, Joanne Baron, Kay Panabaker, Pat Carroll, Josh Flitter, Rachael Leigh Cook, Daniella Monet, Kelly Vitz, Craig Gellis, Rich Cooper, Amy Bruckner, Cliff Bemis, Ryan Raddatz, Emmy Laybourne, Elyssa Davalos, Kaitlyn Van Item, Robert Merrill
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Reviews
70
Manages to navigate the era of cellphones and Mean Girls with retro nostalgia and wholesomeness, making it a rare girl-powered outing for tweens in an otherwise guy-centric summer.
63
Chicago Tribune
Nice. The film itself is more nice than good, but nice isn't the worst trait.
58
The culprit, I'd say, is the uninteresting casting of Miss Roberts in the title role. She's a pleasant enough performer, but her made-for-teen-TV acting style, a perky blandness, doesn't supply a clue as to the appeal of Nancy Drew after all these years.
50
The culture-clash procedural, which brings the small-town teen to big bad Hollywood, feels more perfunctory than inspired.
50
Village Voice
This tweener goddess--a virtual Batcave of handy accessories packed in her shoulder bag--may prove too annoying for general audiences, particularly as Roberts plays her comically straight.
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