Nancy Drew

"Small town girl. Big time adventure."

2007 1h 39m EN

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6.1

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50%

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5.9

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 564🥫50%Rotten Tomatoes●53Metacritic★5.9IMDB · 22,391

FamilyAdventureCrimeMysteryComedy

Synopsis

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Intrepid teenage private eye Nancy Drew heads to Tinseltown with her father to investigate the unsolved murder of a movie star in this old-fashioned whodunit based on Carolyn Keene's popular series of books for young adults. But can the small-town girl cut through the Hollywood hype to solve the case?

“Small town girl. Big time adventure.”

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Cast

Emma Roberts
Nancy Drew
Max Thieriot
Ned Nickerson
Josh Flitter
Corky Veinshtein
Rachael Leigh Cook
Jane Brighton
Kay Panabaker
Georgie
Tate Donovan
Carson Drew
Marshall Bell
John Leshing
Daniella Monet
Inga Veinshtein

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andrew Fleming
Writers: Andrew Fleming, Tiffany Paulsen, Tiffany Paulsen
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Andrew Fleming, shot by Alexander Gruszynski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ralph Sall. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jeff Freeman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Emma Roberts and Max Thieriot and Josh Flitter carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Small town girl. Big time adventure.".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0479500 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Andrew Fleming directs. Alexander Gruszynski behind the camera. Ralph Sall scores. Jeff Freeman cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 19 years ago.
2Directed by Andrew Fleming, shot by Alexander Gruszynski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Ralph Sall. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Jeff Freeman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Emma Roberts and Max Thieriot and Josh Flitter carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Small town girl. Big time adventure.".
7IMDB entry: tt0479500 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 14 themes, including "rescue", "california", "dreams", "based on novel or book".

The technical file

Cinematography: Alexander Gruszynski
Original score: Ralph Sall
Editing: Jeff Freeman
Production design: Tony Fanning
Costume design: Jeffrey Kurland
Makeup / hair: Julie Hewett
VFX supervisor: Erik Liles
Sound: Ron Bartlett
Stunt coordinator: John Robotham
Runtime: 99 min · 1h 39m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $30,715,465
Return: 154% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Nancy Drew (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes: 50% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 53/100
IMDB rating: 5.9/10 · 22,391 votes
MPAA: PG

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7 nominations total

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Kamurai2020-08-13
★ 7/10
Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. While I don't enjoy the aspect of shoving an addiction (actually compulsion) story into a Nancy Drew story (as she has to stop sleuthing), and I don't enjoy the relocation aspect of a world they built so well so quickly, this movie has far more benefits than drawbacks. Once we get past the awkward "lying to your parents" aspect of the story that usually gets attributed to drugs and alcohol, the actual "sleuthing" is really fun and present in a charming and light-hearted way. The mystery itself is actually complex enough to keep you interested throughout the movie, and the characters are fun, if eccentric. Having a "world's clash" aspect to the story seemed unnecessary, and that's the only real hang up this movie had. Firstly the movie was supposed to be the opening of a potential franchise to revitalize the Nancy Drew brand, but instead of giving it a strong opening movie, they jumped right in as if there were already 3 movies and they had already jumped the shark a second time. I had several young people ask me if "Nancy Drew was a thing?". Because it was mistreated in the writing process, what should have been a great movie is only a good movie. I really liked this though: Emma Roberts showed early that she was up to carrying a movie, and I love that Rachel Leigh Cook ("She's All that") got involved as she was from a different novel based franchise ("The Babysitter's Club") that also didn't take off.

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