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List Price: $14.96 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 3617
Released: March 11, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
With her magnifying glass and fingerprint powder in hand, Nancy Drew leaves River Heights for La-La-Land...but not to meet that guy on Smallville, as her boyfriend Ned fears. No, she's out to solve one of the greatest mysteries ever: the death of movie star Dehlia Draycott. But the bigger mystery is how our perky, plaid-clad sleuth will fit in with the text-messaging teen queens of mean she meets at Hollywood High.
DVD Features:
Featurette
Gag Reel
Music Video
Description of Nancy Drew:
Nancy Drew is an iconic girl detective created by Carolyn Keene with a passion for mystery and all things old. The small-town Nancy Drew (played by Julia Roberts' niece Emma Roberts) is about to experience a serious case of culture shock as she heads to Hollywood on an extended business trip with her father Carson Drew (Tate Donovan) and prepares to join the 21st century (well, sort of) at Hollywood High. Having promised her father that she'll give up sleuthing in favor of becoming a "normal" teenager, Nancy tries her best to resist the lure of the age-old mystery of famous actress Dehlia Draycott's (Laura Harring) death, but living in Dehlia's old booby-trapped mansion full of clues proves too powerful a force for Nancy to resist. Feeling completely out of place with high school peers who prove self-absorbed and obsessed with fashion, Nancy makes an unlikely friend in 12-year-old Corky (Josh Flitter), the brother of one of the meanest girls at school. Hormones and hero worship land Corky right in the middle of Nancy's dangerous detective work and inspire some good old-fashioned jealousy when Nancy's close friend Ned (Max Thieriot) visits from River Heights. Nancy's deductive skills are as sharp as ever, and her inspired detective work will profoundly impact the lives of complete stranger Jane Brighton (Rachael Leigh Cook), her own father, and a host of others. Offering a faster pace for modern audiences than the classic Nancy Drew films, this 2007 movie is sure to enthrall a whole new generation of tweens and teens while simultaneously living up to their parents' expectations. Rated PG for mild violence, thematic material, and brief language. --Tami Horiuchi
Nancy Drew Reviews:
Nancy Drew review 
2009-10-20 - I liked this movie very much. It is an interesting story and one you can't guess the end. Lots of fun. The young woman who plays Nancy Drew is very believable as her character. I bought this for my granddaughters.
From classic to modern
2009-07-31 - As a Nancy Drew fan since about the age of 8, I had a lot of expectations for this movie. Some things were just out of sync- take the age of the characters. Nancy Drew is out of high school in the books. Ned is in college in the books. The main characters for the movie, have been made younger. (Nancy's hair is reddish blonde in the books- not red.)
New Nancy Drew still drives her classic blue roadster. Her clothes are more from the books, so she stands out. She is very smart and is a great detective. Some parts of the movie are very unbelievable, but all in all it is a family friendly movie. My nephews both enjoyed it.
I would rate it a 3 1/2 stars.
Can't Stop Watching It Over and Over! 
2009-06-13 - From the first time I saw this little movie on TV, I wanted to see it again. The characters have great chemistry and I love Miss Roberts as Nancy Drew! I only hope this becomes a series...I know the actress will soon be too old, but one can only hope! By the way, I am nearing 60 years of age and watch this alone as well as with my granddaughter.
You have to make a choice 
2009-06-04 - When you're making a movie about a nostalgic subject, you have to make a choice: Either make a parody, poking fun at the original (as the Brady Bunch movies did), or try to be faithful, at least in spirit, to the original concept. You can't take a middle road.
Yet that's what the makers of this movie tried to do. Nancy was sarcastically portrayed -- for laughs-- as a "little Miss Perfect" (which was not true to the original stories), and at the same time shown as the bright, spunky crime-solver. The combining of these two approaches mixed together about as well as oil and water.
This movie tried to have it both ways. And failed.
A 60% 
2009-06-04 - I thought the movie had good action in parts of it. overall I'd say on a 1-10 scale I'd give it a 6. I thought in kinda dragged on slow. overall it was pretty good. I'd recommend it for 8-12 years of age because it's really more of a kid movie.
