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(1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 48% Rotten Page   1   B- "Is this the start of a new franchise? Only the dollar signs will tell, but I can certainly think of worse material for a series of films than this."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark B+ "A majority of the film is in awe of Nancy's dynamic sleuthing skills and her confidence. It's a wonderful change of pace for tween cinema."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf C- "It's an utter embarrassment that this movie should even carry the Nancy Drew name."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Nancy's not nearly different enough from other movie girls. And that makes her look more old than fresh."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/5 "The film is clever and winking without ever being overly so, and Fleming's light touch makes the movie refreshingly friendly."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 2.5/4 "A refreshing change of pace in today's often mean-spirited marketplace."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 2.5/4 "...one could surely do much worse as far as movies of this ilk go."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B "The inspired casting of Emma Roberts (Julia's niece) as the spunky, goody-two-shoes, know-it-all Nancy is, perhaps, the film's greatest asset."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "The sleuthing is where the fun is at, and Nancy Drew is enjoyable enough for one to hope there are more onscreen mysteries for her to solve in the near future."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2/4 "Nancy Drew is almost charming when she's out snooping in the boonies, but she doesn't make a whole lot of sense nosing around Hollywood wearing Bree Van De Kamp's hand-me-downs."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B "The film has a wry, buoyant sense of humor, and you get the feeling that the odd touches are intentionally funny."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider D+ "The central puzzle has a noirish flavor that would have made it seem promising were the movie paying attention. Sadly, it's off gallivanting in the land of the Disney Channel."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3/4 "I couldn't resist the sweet and often entertaining misadventures of a truly engaging feminist icon brought onto the screen by Emma Roberts with humility, individuality, and comic timing..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. C- "Uncomfortably straddles the line between revival and send-up...[Nancy Drew] probably should have been kept in mothballs."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A fearless teenage amateur detective models courtesy, passion, and creativity in her sleuthing activities."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2/4 "The characters undergo nothing that could be remotely associated with development, the mystery is wafer-thin, and the slight plot is stretched to the breaking point in order to fill out 95 minutes."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/10 "Why risk alienating the already built-in fans with all this self-aware nonsense ... while creating a mutated form of the original entity that may be related to it in name only?"   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen 2/4 "Sadly bland update of everyone's favorite girl detective series never rises above its Scooby Doo-level plot."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 6/10 "...younger people should find it entertaining, and the spoofing will not be a complete waste for many adults."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 2/4 "Contains a few witty bits and occasionally fun moments of detective work, but it slogs its way through them all."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "[I]t works wonderfully well to make this movie Nancy a bit of a retro throwback. This is how you make a girl stand out today: you make her polite, enthusiastic, bookish, sweet, and wholesome."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/4 "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."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C "Uncertain shifts in tone from sincerity to almost-camp and the inappropriate subject matter make the unsolvable mystery just who this movie's audience was intended to be."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 1.5/4 "Too silly, stiff and surreal to recommend."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "In many ways, it's steadfastly adult, a picture that admits, with every frame, a desire to hang on to everything we value about traditional modes of movie storytelling, instead of just trying to figure out what will win big at the box office."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 5/10 "Quaint and campy, seet yet clueless, it's an odd combination."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 0/4 "Fleming's Nancy Drew isn't just bad, it's fascinatingly bad."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw  (1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 48% Rotten Page   1