To begin with, this movie has nothing to do with the Nancy Drew books, other than starting with a picture of some of them on a bookshelf. I am reminded of the opening scene in The Player, when writers are pitching their ideas to producers: I can see the writer saying "Okay, Nancy Drew, only UPDATED - she's a valley girl, reads fashion mags, and still sleuths, but we'll dumb it down so nobody will feel challenged by anything." Guys, it wasn't necessary to change it into the present time to reach your audience. But since you did, why not make it a little less white-bread, stereotype, LA scene? And why make Nancy Drew such an air-head? She doesn't actually do any thinking in this plot, and to make sure that no one in the audience has to think either, she explains everything, always.
There were all the original stories - really excellent mysteries with real clues, a real mystery, and Nancy Drew has to figure things out to solve the crime. Wouldn't that have been more successful? I don't think this plot is derived from any actual stories - the original writers would have been too embarrassed to propose it.
The plot is lame, the dialog is "Dick and Jane" meets Valley Girl, the acting is unremarkable - certainly there's nothing to challenge anybody here. And what is with the Corky character? Why is he in the plot? My biggest disappointment is the character of Nancy Drew. The original character was smart, independent, resourceful, and admirable. This character is none of those things: here she is vain, egocentric, juvenile, and not especially bright. Why is she wearing clothes out of the 50s? It is as if the writers couldn't decide whether to update it or not - and some things got left over from the original version. Certainly, it doesn't make any sense.
If everybody who is thinking of seeing this movie reads a couple of the Nancy Drew books instead, the world will be a much better place.
There were all the original stories - really excellent mysteries with real clues, a real mystery, and Nancy Drew has to figure things out to solve the crime. Wouldn't that have been more successful? I don't think this plot is derived from any actual stories - the original writers would have been too embarrassed to propose it.
The plot is lame, the dialog is "Dick and Jane" meets Valley Girl, the acting is unremarkable - certainly there's nothing to challenge anybody here. And what is with the Corky character? Why is he in the plot? My biggest disappointment is the character of Nancy Drew. The original character was smart, independent, resourceful, and admirable. This character is none of those things: here she is vain, egocentric, juvenile, and not especially bright. Why is she wearing clothes out of the 50s? It is as if the writers couldn't decide whether to update it or not - and some things got left over from the original version. Certainly, it doesn't make any sense.
If everybody who is thinking of seeing this movie reads a couple of the Nancy Drew books instead, the world will be a much better place.