Nancy Drew was a very good movie. Once you start watching it it gets pretty addicting, some parts might be a little scarier for littler kids, or they just might think it will get scary. Nancy gets held to a gunpoint at one point. But everything turn ok of course.
Nancy Drew
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Common Sense says
Big-screen teen sleuth is cute, if a bit bland.
updated 09.17.09
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 8 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Nancy Drew was written by Sandie Angulo Chen
Parents need to know that the big-screen Nancy Drew is very retro and straightlaced. And although she's being marketed to older tweens and young teens, even slightly younger kids will enjoy the teenage sleuth's harmless action. There are a few "good scary" moments (a face pops up in a dark room), and even though Nancy is forced to flee from armed henchmen and is even held at gunpoint, she never really seems like she'd be the victim of anything. It's worth noting that there are several prominent product placements, mostly computer and Internet related.
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- Why did the other girls in the movie make fun of Nancy, and what made them change their mind?
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What’s the Story?
Nancy and her dad, Carson (Tate Donovan), leave their Midwestern hometown of River Heights for Los Angeles, where they stay in a mysterious mansion in which a beautiful Hollywood star named Dehlia Draycott (Laura Elena Harring) wound up dead. Nancy has promised her dad that, instead of sleuthing, she'll try to be "normal" -- if that's possible in 2007 for an 18-year-old who wears penny loafers and twin-sets to a Hollywood high school. But eventually she can't help herself, and she starts digging away at the circumstances surrounding Dehlia's death. With the aid of an obnoxious, adoring 12-year-old freshman named Corky (Josh Flitter), her low-tech detective kit, her signature blue roadster, and her cute-but-completely-uncharismatic (boy)friend Ned (Max Thieriot), Nancy has everything a girl needs to solve a 25-year-old mystery.
Is It Any Good?
Updated by director Andrew Fleming in the form of perky Emma Roberts, Nancy Drew is equal parts goody-two-shoes and intuitive investigator. As the throwback "sleuth" (an anachronistic word in and of itself), Roberts is an excellent role model for obedience and good citizenship, but there's a certain oomph missing in this modernized take on the teen detective.
But the bigger puzzle is how Roberts -- who stars in her own Nickelodeon show, Unfabulous, and is Julia's niece -- doesn't make Nancy as vibrant and endearing as she was on the page. Sure, she's sweet, and she proves that girls don't need guys to save them from peril, but her adolescent Sherlock Holmes isn't engaging enough to merit another movie mystery.
Movie Details
Studio: Warner Bros., Director: Andrew Fleming
Run time: 99 minutes
Theatrical release: 6/14/2007, DVD release: 3/10/2008
MPAA Rating: PG for mild violence, thematic elements and brief language.
Run time: 99 minutes
Theatrical release: 6/14/2007, DVD release: 3/10/2008
MPAA Rating: PG for mild violence, thematic elements and brief language.
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I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
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- Good role models
A very good movie!
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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- Educational
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a little scary, but good for 10+
Nancy Drew is a great movie..you just need to be ten plus because there is some violince that might scare little kids. over all its fantastic PG is a good rating.
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I rate this title iffy for age 7 and give it
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nice movie
this is a really nice movie for tweens( age 8 and up) a little bit violent though. i think nancy's a really good role model for girls. emma roberts does a really cool job at nancy!
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I rate this title iffy for age 9 and give it
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ok
it was vilont and scary but it was just an ok kind of movie i wish i could give it 2.5 stars but sense i cant i will give it 3.
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I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
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Good family movie, especially if you have daughters.
Nancy Drew is an excellent role model for young girls: smart, stylish in an old fashioned way, and does not give in to peer pressure.
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I rate this title off for age 8 and give it
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Child taken by CPS bothered my 7-year old
Although my husband and I managed, we were not prepared to explain to our daughter why a child would be taken from its mother by CPS. My 7-year old was a more than a little perturbed by the idea that a child could be taken away from its mother because of another person's lies. The unwed mother / unwanted pregnancy / adoption issues seemed to go over her head; she hasn't asked any questions. I just discovered this website today; if I had, we would not have watched Nancy Drew at this time.
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I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
makes you anxious.
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I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
Not bad.
This is the only girl movie I ever looked forward to. Emma does a great job as Nancy, and little girls will love this.
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I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
very good!
i like his movie a lot! i was mad at first because it doesn't follow any of the book stories and Nancy is supposed to be 21, not 16; but as a movie it's pretty good! the sory is fun and easy to follow, and her clothes are AWESOME! there is no language, sex, violence, or gore, only one kiss between Nancy and Ned. if you haven't read the books you will love it, if you have you will like it.
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SURPRISED
I expected this to just be a corny movie for kids but it was actually very entertaing and will keep you watching. I usually am not a huge fan of emma roberts but she did a fine job as Nancy Drew.
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It's ok...
I thought this movie was ok... Certain caracters do some bad things but little kids understand that it's not right. So basically this is a movie for all ages.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
Fun good movie
I liked it.
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| 33% | of parents say there are good role models |
| 33% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
| 33% | of parents don't think the messages are positive |
| 33% | of parents say it's too violent |
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