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Nancy Drew (2007 film)
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| Nancy Drew | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Andrew Fleming |
| Produced by | Cherylanne Martin Jerry Weintraub Susan Ekins (executive) Mark Vahradian (executive) Ben Waisbren (executive) |
| Written by | Teal Valentino Tiffany Paulsen |
| Starring | Emma Roberts Josh Flitter Max Thieriot |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) |  June 15, 2007 June 28, 2007 19 October 2007 17 January 2008 |
| Running time | 99 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20,000,000 |
| Official website | |
| All Movie Guide profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
Nancy Drew is a feature film released on June 15, 2007 in the U.S., loosely based on the popular series of mystery novels about the titular teen detective. It stars Emma Roberts as Nancy Drew, Kay Panabaker as George, Amy Bruckner as Bess Marvin, and Max Thieriot as Ned. The film is rated PG for mild violence, thematic elements and brief language. Set in Los Angeles, it was directed by Andrew Fleming.
Critics' reaction to it was mixed, with the film scoring a 48% at Rotten Tomatoes. One reviewer felt that it "caters to an exclusive club whose members are prone to overlook its numerous faults"[1] and it was mocked in The New Yorker.[2] The critics who did like it generally thought it was refreshing.[3][4]
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Nancy Drew (Emma Roberts) and her father (Tate Donovan) rent a house in Los Angeles where the murder of a movie star, Dehlia Draycott (Laura Harring), occurred following her mysterious disappearance. Despite the mystery, Nancy's father has forbidden her from further sleuthing and encourages her to focus on high school and being normal.
Nancy cannot fit in at school, and reverts to solving mysteries. She traces Dehlia Draycott's disappearance to having had a child and giving it up for adoption in privacy. She learns that Jane Brighton (Rachael Leigh Cook), a single mother, is Draycott's true daughter and beneficiary of a will that has since disappeared. She receives a threatening phone call telling her to get off the case, but contacts her father's business associate, Dashiel Biedermeyer (Barry Bostwick), who is the lawyer of the Draycott estate.
Jane arrives on Nancy's doorstep to tell her that her child has been taken away from her. She knows that none of the charges of misconduct are true, and reveals that, after Nancy left, a man showed up on her doorstep to threaten her. Nancy demands that her father take up Jane's case; he agrees, and Jane stays with them. While they are watching a movie Dehlia Draycott starred in, Nancy realizes that she must have hidden her revised will in a prop from one of her movies. As soon as she tracks down its location and recovers the will, she is kidnapped by the villain's henchmen, who have tracked her using her cell phone's GPS.
Nancy soon escapes and recovers the will, but gets into a car crash and must go to the emergency room. Her father, along with Biedermeyer, arrives and demands to know what is going on. She admits she has been sleuthing and explains that she has found Draycott's true will. Biedermeyer offers them a ride home so he can sign a business deal with Carson Drew. Nancy realizes that he is the one who was disinherited by Dehlia's will and jumps from the car. Biedermeyer and his henchmen corner her and are about to kill her when the groundskeeper, Leshing (Marshall Bell), knocks them unconscious. The will is restored to its rightful owner, and they discover Leshing is Jane's father. Jane is able to get back her daughter and converts the Draycott mansion into a home for single mothers, and the Drews return to River Heights.
Filming was done in 2006. At this point in time, Emma Roberts did not have her driver's license and was therefore underage when she drove the roadster for the car chase scenes. The movie was filmed at South Pasadena, California, Los Angeles, Santa Clarita, California, Long Beach, California, and Burbank, California.[5]
- Emma Roberts as Nancy Drew
- Josh Flitter as Corky
- Max Thieriot as Ned Nickerson
- Rachael Leigh Cook as Jane Brighton
- Tate Donovan as Carson Drew
- Amy Bruckner as Bess
- Kay Panabaker as George
- Daniella Monet as Inga
- Kelly Vitz as Trish
- David Doty as Father Murphy
- Caroline Aaron as Barbara Barbara
- Marshall Bell as Leshing
- Cliff Bemis as Chief McGinnis
- Adam Clark as Sgt. Billings
- Rich Cooper as Charlie
- Laura Harring as Dehlia Draycott
- Pat Carroll as the landlady.
- Bruce Willis (cameo) as Bruce
- Craig Ellis as Thug #1
- Barry Bostwick as Dashiel Biedermeyer
The film was not received very well by the critics, and it received a 48% rating at Rotten Tomatoes and a 54% at Metacritic.[6] The film grossed $6,832,318 on its opening weekend and has since grossed $25,612,520 in the US and $2,879,281 overseas for a total $28,491,801 worldwide.[7]
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- "Perfect Misfit" (Liz Phair)
- "Kids in America" (The Donnas)
- "Pretty Much Amazing" (Joanna)
- "Looking For Clues" (Katie Melua)
- "Hey Nancy Drew" (Chris Price)
- "Like A Star" (Corinne Bailey Rae)
- "Nice Day" (Persephone's Bees)
- "Blue Monday" (Flunk)
- "We Came To Party" (J-Kwon)
- "All I Need" (Cupid)
- "Party Tonight" (Bizarre)
- ^ Nancy Drew. Retrieved on July 1, 2007.
- ^ Discoveries. Retrieved on July 1, 2007.
- ^ 'Nancy Drew' solves the modern girl blues.. Retrieved on July 1, 2007.
- ^ Teen detective dazzles as she takes on Tinseltown. Retrieved on July 2, 2007.
- ^ Filming locations for Nancy Drew (2007). Retrieved on July 2, 2007.
- ^ Nancy Drew. Retrieved on July 2, 2007.
- ^ Nancy Drew. Retrieved on July 2, 2007.