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Jerry Weintraub Productions
Virtual Studios
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Small town girl. Big time adventure.
Intrepid teenage private eye Nancy Drew heads to Tinseltown with her father to investigate the unsolved murder of a movie star in this old-fashioned whodunit based on Carolyn Keene's popular series of books for young adults. But can the small-town girl cut through the Hollywood hype to solve the case?
Kamurai
Aug 13, 2020 · via TMDB
Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. While I don't enjoy the aspect of shoving an addiction (actually compulsion) story into a Nancy Drew story (as she has to stop sleuthing), and I don't enjoy the relocation aspect of a world they built so well so quickly, this movie has far more benefits than drawbacks. Once we get past the awkward "lying to your parents" aspect of the story that usually gets attributed to drugs and alcohol, the actual "sleuthing" is really fun and present in a charming and light-hearted way. The mystery itself is actually complex enough to keep you interested throughout the movie, and the characters are fun, if eccentric. Having a "world's clash" aspect to the story seemed unnecessary, and that's the only real hang up this movie had. Firstly the movie was supposed to be the opening of a potential franchise to revitalize the Nancy Drew brand, but instead of giving it a strong opening movie, they jumped right in as if there were already 3 movies and they had already jumped the shark a second time. I had several young people ask me if "Nancy Drew was a thing?". Because it was mistreated in the writing process, what should have been a great movie is only a good movie. I really liked this though: Emma Roberts showed early that she was up to carrying a movie, and I love that Rachel Leigh Cook ("She's All that") got involved as she was from a different novel based franchise ("The Babysitter's Club") that also didn't take off.
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Emma Roberts
Nancy Drew
Max Thieriot
Ned Nickerson
Josh Flitter
Corky Veinshtein
Rachael Leigh Cook
Jane Brighton
Kay Panabaker
Georgie
Tate Donovan
Carson Drew
Marshall Bell
John Leshing
Daniella Monet
Inga Veinshtein
Kelly Vitz
Trish
Bruce Willis
Bruce (uncredited)
Laura Harring
Dehlia Draycott
Barry Bostwick
Dashiel Biedermeyer
Craig Gellis
Thug
Rich Cooper
Charlie
Amy Bruckner
Bess
Cliff Bemis
Chief McGinnis
David Doty
Father Murray
Pat Carroll
Landlady
Monica Parker
Hannah
Caroline Aaron
Barbara Barbara
Phil Abrams
Principal Fineman
Joanne Baron
Costume Lady
Ryan Raddatz
Assistant Director
Adam Goldberg
Arrogant Director Andy
Emmy Laybourne
File Lady
Elyssa Davalos
Twin Palms Manager
Robert Merrill
'New Century' Actor
Chris Kattan
Burglar
Lindsay Sloane
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James Wing Woo
Chinese Priest in Movie
Alexander Gruszynski
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Jeffrey Kurland
Costume Design
Marie Larkin
Key Hair Stylist
John Robotham
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Karine Mauffrey
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Al Goto
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Andrew Fleming
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James Plannette
Gaffer
Mark Vahradian
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Susan Ekins
Executive Producer
Jerry Weintraub
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Julie M. Anderson
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Ralph Sall
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Ralph Sall
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