Nancy Drew
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: June 15, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
11
Negative:
6
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58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
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. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
The culture-clash procedural, which brings the small-town teen to big bad Hollywood, feels more perfunctory than inspired. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
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. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
An effective translation of the source material, but that's not necessarily a good thing. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
The teen parties and sidekick silliness are time filler, and not very good filler either -- why even Bruce Willis shows up in a scene that has nothing to do with the story. Read full review
50
USA TodayScott Bowles
Nancy Drew is 16, dresses like she's 12 and acts like she's about 45. And therein lies the problem with this adaptation of the beloved book series. The movie can't quite decide how old it wants to be -- or who it's for. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
The mystery of Nancy Drew' is how a movie can get so many things right -- particularly the inspired casting of Emma Roberts as the spunky teenage sleuth -- yet ultimately disappoint. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The movie's fodder for tweener girls with indiscriminate Nick TV addictions, but there's just enough wit on display to make you realize it could have been worse. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Emma Roberts is squeaky-clean to a fault and so is the movie. Read full review
40
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
As it is, Nancy Drew stands as an example of how to take a foolproof, time-tested formula -- a young detective using smarts and determination to solve a case -- and mess it up with superficial cleverness and pandering hackwork. How this happened is hardly a mystery; botched adaptations are as common as BlackBerries in Hollywood. But it is nonetheless something of a crime. Read full review
40
EmpireKim Newman
That this is just about passable as a divorced parent’s weekend treat is down to Roberts’ charm and the timeless appeal of Nancy herself. Read full review
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