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I enjoyed watching this movie. I like everything on the movie, except for the bad guys, of course. They really made a great job on the film.

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Posted jan 11, 2009 9:50 pm pt

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I have to say I enjoyed watching this movie and found it pretty good. The story was interesting like many mysteries of Nancy Drew. I have to say two thumbs up, story was great and the actors really did a good job!

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Posted jan 9, 2008 7:29 am pt

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This was a pretty good movie, even though it looked sort of weird. She is genius. It wasn't the best movie I've seen all year, but it was okay.

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Posted jul 19, 2007 9:38 am pt

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i actually really enjoyed this movie. I didn't really want to see it, but i went with some friends anyways and i liked it :)
it wasn't the best I have seen all year but it was good and kept you wondering.
i have to admit, i was...
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i actually really enjoyed this movie. I didn't really want to see it, but i went with some friends anyways and i liked it :)
it wasn't the best I have seen all year but it was good and kept you wondering.
i have to admit, i was scared a few times :)
over all I think that this was an excellent movie!

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Posted jul 18, 2007 10:41 pm pt

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I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it. Emma Roberts does a good job of portraying the teen sleuth. Tate Donovan is engaging for the small amount of time he's on screen. And, the host of supporting characters are enjoyable. (There are some fairly...
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I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it. Emma Roberts does a good job of portraying the teen sleuth. Tate Donovan is engaging for the small amount of time he's on screen. And, the host of supporting characters are enjoyable. (There are some fairly amusing cameos by Adam Goldberg and Bruce Willis).
However, the film does have some problems. First, it needs to decide what it wants to be. Is it a serious attempt to update the girl detective and bring her to the 21st century? Or, is it meant to be a campy, kitschy over the top comedy? The director clearly tries for somewhere in the middle, and it just doesn't work.
I also thought to much time was spent setting up Nancy as the outcast in LA. these scenes were just awkward and uncomfortable. For someone as bright and engaging as Nancy is supposed to be, she acts in silly and unexplainable ways. She appears to make no effort to make friends or to understand her new classmates. Instead, she just continues on.
Overall, it's ok. Preteens will probably enjoy it quite a bit, but adults won't get the same enjoyment.

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Posted jun 21, 2007 4:52 am pt

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I really enjoy the new Nancy Drew movie. It has a good storyline with great mysterie has Nancy plan to solve the case. Emma Robert did a great job of playing Nancy Drew. I hope that they'll make another Nancy Drew movie. I give this movie 4 1/2...
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I really enjoy the new Nancy Drew movie. It has a good storyline with great mysterie has Nancy plan to solve the case. Emma Robert did a great job of playing Nancy Drew. I hope that they'll make another Nancy Drew movie. I give this movie 4 1/2 stars.

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Posted jun 20, 2007 2:35 am pt

• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  83
  Bright semi-adult entertainment.

  by Michael Sragow | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  83
  Parents who want smart, harmless movies that don't condescend for their school-age kids -- a rare thing these days -- should be grateful for Nancy Drew.

  by Marc Mohan | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  75
  A very clever update of the 16-year-old heroine, managing to make her seem both as square as the Bobbsey Twins and as contemporary as MySpace.

  by Jack Mathews | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  75
  What's not to like about a girl detective who is a good citizen and better student, a leader rather than a follower, a resourceful seamstress who won't cut her clothes to fit this year's fashions?

  by Carrie Rickey | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  75
  The movie's refusal to treat young girls like silly tramps-in-training is almost radical: It's just good, clean fun and actually offers children of a certain age a role model even adults can feel good about.

  by Ken Fox | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  70
  Hopefully, the girls who see Nancy Drew this summer will take their cues from the smart, engaged, intellectually curious character Roberts so charmingly portrays.

  by Carina Chocano | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  70
  The postmodernist evocations of the past (roughly the 50s through the 80s) are a charming mishmash, delivered with wit and style.

  by Jonathan Rosenbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
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  Fleming's movie is, at the very least, a tribute to Nancy Drew's longevity -- and a valentine to all of us who, even as we strive to live in the present, just like old things.

  by Stephanie Zacharek | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  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.

  by Ann Hornaday | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Magazine
  
  70
  It's one of the few tween movies that isn't in your face; its limpness becomes appealing.

  by David Edelstein | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  70
  Overall, I found myself not hating the film. There's just one thing that troubles me about the way Nancy Drew is depicted. She is determined, a perfectionist, uber-organized, and efficient. Those qualities can be associated to geekdom, but they're also symptoms of someone with a propensity for disordered eating or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Hmmm.

  by Stina Chyn | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
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  Once the rote mystery elements take over, the film devolves into a second-rate whodunit for kids, but even then, Roberts' irrepressible cheeriness and curiosity in the face of danger proves too adorable to resist.

  by Scott Tobias | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
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  Nice. The film itself is more nice than good, but nice isn't the worst trait.

  by Michael Phillips | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
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  A well-written and in many ways pleasing update of a character who has endured in print for 78 years. Too bad it's sadly slow-paced.

  by Lou Lumenick | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
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  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.

  by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Read Full Review »