On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 50% from 137 critics, with the site's consensuses reading, "EmmaRoberts is bubbly and charming as NancyDrew, the junior detective. Nancy Drew is a fictional amateur detective. She is originally depicted as a blonde-haired and blue-eyed 16-year-old high school graduate, but in later editions is rewritten as a titian-haired and blue-eyed 18-year-old graduate and detective. In the series, she lives in the fictional town of River Heights [15] with her father, attorney Carson Drew, and their housekeeper, Hannah Gruen. [16 ... · EmmaRoberts, now 33 years old, recently shared her desire to revisit one of her childhood roles, sparking excitement among her fans. The actress, who began her acting career at just nine years old in the movie Blow, has since appeared in numerous films and TV shows. · EmmaRoberts told 'Cosmopolitan' in a recent interview that she'd like to check in with teen detective NancyDrew, whom she played in a 2007 movie as a young teenager earlier in her career. · EmmaRoberts confessed that she wants to reprise her iconic role of NancyDrew as an adult version of it. The 33-year-old actress appeared in a recent interview with Cosmopolitan and... · I've noticed some people objecting to EmmaRoberts being cast in the title role, but she comes off quite capable and smart, and she's likable and young enough if the studio would decide to make this into a franchise she could do quite well. A year later, she took on the iconic role of NancyDrew in the 2007 mystery film of the same name. Although the movie received mixed reviews, Emma’s portrayal of the young detective was praised.
