And despite clunky dialogue, sometimes lamentable support and an inexplicable cameo by Bruce Willis (as himself), Roberts remains unflappable throughout.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 15, 2023

Granted that the film is targeting preteen girls, it still fails to find appeal even on that restrictive level.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Nov 27, 2020

As played by Emma Roberts, Nancy boasts a plucky self-assuredness that inspires rather than annoys.

| Oct 16, 2018

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2011

A great coming of age girl movie that prioritzes teen personality and brain power over female body appeal.

| Mar 15, 2008

...younger people should find it entertaining, and the spoofing will not be a complete waste for many adults.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 12, 2008

For adults, there are some pleasures to be found here and there, but parents won't be blown away by it the way their daughters will.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 5, 2008

I think a character like Nancy Drew can still work in today's pop culture world, but unfortunately the film doesn't believe in her enough.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Mar 3, 2008

Big-screen teen sleuth is cute, if a bit bland.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2007

There's something very weird about Andrew Fleming's movie, perhaps because it's essentially The Black Dahlia for tweens, with kissing but without the sex or mutilation.

| Oct 19, 2007

Carolyn Keene's straitlaced teen detective gets a modern, ironic makeover, but the irony wobbles and the jokes aren't strong enough to carry it.

| Oct 19, 2007

For sheer objectionable stupidity and dullness, this film takes the biscuit.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 19, 2007

Chaotic narrative and half-baked ideas.

| Oct 19, 2007

This update on the Nancy Drew saga uses old-fashioned stylings in a modern context to confusing, and none-too-suspenseful effect. It's a non-event that fails to do the much-loved character justice.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 19, 2007

The original books appeal to generations of readers, but this flick's strictly for tweens and slumming homage-spotters.

| Original Score: 2/6 | Oct 19, 2007

At a time of fine teen comedies such as Mean Girls and Freaky Friday, the real mystery was why this was made at all.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 19, 2007

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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 19, 2007

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2007

The age-old mystery doesn't exactly thrill, but there's humour here and there and a swotty heroine that parents, at least, will approve of.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 9, 2007