Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

It's one of the most original films you'll likely see all year, which, depending on your threshold for certifiably crazy storylines, could be a rewarding experience or one that frustrates you.

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Nancy Drew (2007): Dir: Andrew Fleming / Cast: Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Rachel Leigh Cook, Tate Donovan, Max Thieriot: Based on the famed detective series of books featuring the title character. This teen comedy employs adult elements such as murder, single mothers, and Hollywood politics. Director Andrew Fleming succeeds in creating scenery that fans of the novels will appreciate but this is not the intelligent delivery he used in his earlier teen detective comedy, Dick, which is a better showcasing of his talent. Typical setup results in teenage Drew solving a case involving a murdered actress. Structure plays out well with clever clues before dumbing down in its third act. Emma Roberts plays off the innocence of a girl comfortably out of her element but the role is totally unbelievable. One particular bad sequence has her escape from the clutches of a couple idiotic thugs who failed to take reasonable precautions in subduing her. Josh Flitter is standard issue partner in crime. Rachel Leigh Cook has a pivotal role but all too brief up to a point. Tate Donovan as Drew's father is flat. Films such as this are difficult to visualize due to its presentation to its audience. Max Thieriot plays the standard boyfriend who has the personality of sheetrock. In this case it fails in translating the popular teen novels to the silver screen, opting instead for implausibility and idiocy. Score: 4 / 10

This movie is absolutely fantastic when I went to go see this film I was not sure if it was going to be as good as the Nancy Drew books. But I thought it was wonderful it had a great plot,a fantastic cast,it was funny and I think that they should make another Nancy Drew film. My friends and I all went go see it together at the cinemas and we all thought it was a brilliant movie. Nancy Drew is about a teenage girl who is named Nancy. She loves figuring out cases but her father is telling her to stop sleuthing but Nancy can't stop. She and her father go to LA for a business trip and they rent a mansion and Nancy chose that house because an old movie star was murdered there. I suggest that you see this movie and watch Nancy find all the clues to figure out this old case that police couldn't even solve.

Nancy Drew is about this girl who loves to solve mysteries more than anything else. And she's pretty good at it. In her hometown, the police considers her a partner. Nancy's also into everything vintage. Her dressing code is 50s, she loves old music (vinyl only), etc. The thing is though, she has to move from her hometown to California as her dad (her mother died when Nancy was younger) found a pretty cool job there. So, she goes to California and there's a mystery and many people are involved in it and of course at the end, everything is great. Boring, huh? Nope. Because Andrew Fleming is a director who really understands how it is to be different. Having seen The Craft and Hamlet 2, I can't help but see how good he is at presenting characters who have nothing to do with the world that surrounds them. They are not cry babies, they don't try to adapt, they are not even fully aware of what's "wrong" with them. There are themselves, unpretentious and they don't even need to convince anyone that they are cool. They always manage to get by with what they got and at the end the rest of the world understands them (not always accepting them, though) .The cast of this film is also really good. Emma Roberts delivers a great performance. I can't imaging any other 16 year old girl acting so easy in those 50s clothes. Roberts looks really natural in her character. The way she walks, talks and even dances is special, but it always feels effortless. She is a very physical actress and her role in Nancy Drew, however challenging, shows someone with lots of abilities. That being said, I don't think I'll be watching Aquamarine to catch up with her stuff. Josh Flitter plays Corky, a 12 year old messed up, fat kid who likes Nancy and follows her everywhere. He is a pocket size John Belushi. I just couldn't stop laughing every time he was on screen.All in all, I really liked this one. Like the other Fleming films I've seen, it's pretty far from most comedies. It doesn't make fun of the characters in order to make us laugh. It has fun with them.

I grew up on Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and the Three Investigators book series. I was experiencing trepidation about this film anyway, but the character has undergone a whole and complete transformation and now she's a dogless Penny of Inspector Gadget fame. Nancy Drew was an investigator of mysterious circumstances, not a gadget laden, pint sized super hero.Okay, I liked this movie, but like Roland Emmerich's Godzilla, it shouldn't have been a namesake movie. As a great kid's movie empowering young ladies with the desire to become more intelligent and capable, this is a fantastic step. BUT...as a Nancy Drew movie, I can't endorse this endeavor. Nancy Drew was NOT Ned's Super Ex-Girlfriend, she was a kid; an intelligent beyond belief kid, yes...but a kid not Wonder Woman in a training bra.It's great, but not as a Nancy Drew movie. Oddly though...I hope they do make another one. I enjoyed it.It rates a 6.2/10 from...the Fiend :.