Nancy Drew Reviews

I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Emma Roberts, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, first of all, I have to admit that I never read a 'Nancy Drew' book when I was a kid so I was probably not the targeted audience. Still, it was fairly easy to understand what these Nancy Drew tales were supposed to be about and, in my opinion, Emma Roberts turned out to be a great choice to play the main character. Indeed, not only she totally looked the part but I thought she was quite convincing. Unfortunately, she was pretty much the only thing that really worked in this movie. I mean, the murder mystery was nothing original but it was not bad but the biggest issue was with the time period. Indeed, even though Nancy Drew obviously belonged to the 50's, for some reasons, the makers felt that they had to move her to a more contemporary time frame but that didn't work at all. I mean, basically, Nancy dressed and acted as if she was still living in the 50's while there was around her some modern cars, computers, cellphones,... It felt just jarring as if she had been stuck in a time bubble, unaware of what was going on in the rest of the world. As a result, it made her look like an ignorant small town girl when she was supposed to be the exact opposite, smart and clever. Anyway, even tough the damned thing was supposed to be rather harmless, I thought it was really weak and I don't think it is really worth a look.