Based on characters created by Carolyn Keene, Nancy Drew follows Nancy (Emma Roberts) as she accompanies her father, Carson (Tate Donovan), to Los Angeles on one of his business trips and stumbles across evidence about a long-unsolved crime involving the mysterious death of a beautiful movie star. Nancy's resourcefulness and .. Read more
| Starring | Emma Roberts, Max Thieriot, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tate Donovan |
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| Director | Andrew Flemming |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Family, Thriller |
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Based on characters created by Carolyn Keene, Nancy Drew follows Nancy (Emma Roberts) as she accompanies her father, Carson (Tate Donovan), to Los Angeles on one of his business trips and stumbles across evidence about a long-unsolved crime involving the mysterious death of a beautiful movie star. Nancy's resourcefulness and personal responsibility are put to the test when she finds herself in the middle of the fast-living, self-indulgent world of Hollywood.
| Starring | Emma Roberts, Max Thieriot, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tate Donovan, Rachel Leigh Cook, Josh Flitter, Marshall Bell, Barry Bostwick |
|---|---|
| Director | Andrew Flemming |
| Studio | WARNER BROS |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Family, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description |
| Released | DVD: 11 Feb 2008 Production year: 2007 |
| Format | DVD |
Emma Roberts steps into the sensible shoes of teen detective Nancy Drew for the latest movie inspired by the vintage... read more on Time Out
Was so boring my seven year old niece asked to leave mid way through.
Maybe it would have helped if I had been a fan of the Nancy Drew books, or if they had made the film set in the time period that Nancy Drew was from but to pluck her out of the book and make a film about the present day with her in it was a very strange idea. The actress who played Nancy pulled it off just by being sincere and sweet. The film was watchable and I did quite enjoy it but I can't put my finger on why. Young kids might like it though. I know my 7 year old Neice did.
According to her publishers, perennial teenage sleuth Nancy Drew has sold more than 200 million books over the course of some 170 adventures since 1929. And unlike Sherlock Holmes, she's never found an adversary she couldn't outwit. In the books (churned out by the Statemeyer Syndicate under the nom de plume Carolyn Keene) the formula is always the same. Nancy searches for treasure or a missing heir; she is warned off the case by a note or a phone call, but this only convinces her she must be... Read more