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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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Bright semi-adult entertainment. Read full review
83
Portland OregonianMarc Mohan
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. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
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. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
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. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
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? Read full review
70
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
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. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
Hopefully, the girls who see Nancy Drew this summer will take their cues from the smart, engaged, intellectually curious character Roberts so charmingly portrays. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The postmodernist evocations of the past (roughly the 50s through the 80s) are a charming mishmash, delivered with wit and style. Read full review
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
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. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
It's one of the few tween movies that isn't in your face; its limpness becomes appealing. Read full review
70
Film ThreatStina Chyn
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. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
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. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Nice. The film itself is more nice than good, but nice isn't the worst trait. Read full review
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
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. Read full review
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