Nancy Drew (2007): Review

 A charming and fun mystery movie!

The story line in this film felt like it was ripped straight out of a Nancy Drew book or video game! Loved the cultural clash in this film! I do wish there had been a little bit more time added to the movie, just so they could flesh out a few things a little more! Loved the mystery a lot too!

Emma Roberts was absolutely charming as Nancy Drew! She captured everything you wanted from the character, and did a great job portraying how excited she is at solving a mystery! Josh Flitter stole the show IMO. Loved how obsessed he was with Nancy, and his comments to her were so hilarious! Daniella Monet and Kelly Vitz were great at portraying the stereotypical high schoolers!

The humor in this film was great! The scene where Nancy had to perform emergency surgery on one of her classmates was really funny! Loved Corky's reaction to it!

It really was too bad the film didn't perform better at the box office! I could've seen this becoming a fun trilogy! But, some things just aren't meant to be I guess!

Out of 4 stars I would give it...

3.5 out of 4 stars

Nancy Drew (2002): Review

While Maggie Lawson shines, the film lacks a truly compelling mystery!

The story line in this movie had a lot of potential when it started. I really thought that there was going to be a much bigger mystery, but it turned out to be a massive dud! There wasn't really a lot of character development for Nancy's friends either, which was a disappointment!

Maggie Lawson did a great job as a more mature Nancy Drew. She was born to play a detective, as shown by her very memorable portrayal of Juliet 'Jules' O'Hara in Psych! Brett Cullen did a good job as Carson Drew, but I had a feeling he would, as he is a very professional actor! I can't really compliment anyone else's performances, as none of the other actor's really stood out!

I could've seen them doing a sequel and making it a lot better, but they really need to stick with adapting the books, instead of trying to come up with a whole new story line. Or maybe they should try doing what the  video games did, and combine multiple books into one story line, the video games were really good at that!

Out of 4 stars I would give it...

2 out of 4 stars