Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

This is a good Nancy Drew movie. Sophia Lillis is great for the role of Nancy Drew.

If they ever make a new movie or show based on Enid Blyton's Famous Five. I wish they'd cast Sophia Lillis as George. This is very close to how I pictured George, while reading Famous Five as a kid. ❤

Sophia Lillis (IT) makes a good Nancy Drew even if the plot was nothing spectacular. It easily could have been a Hallmark Channel Mystery.

I wanted to watch a familiar, feel good Nancy drew movie and this fit the bill. Don't expect something different but embrace the familiarity of Nancy Drew. The modern twist on the characters was well done. I agree with whomever said they could see this on the Hallmark channel.

You know when a movie is bad, but also fun? Well, there you go.

Not really worth watching. The characters are your basic stereotypes and the mystery just wasn't a mystery at all.

It is just what it claims to be. A very simple youth and family movie

Nancy Drew embarks on her lamest adventure yet in Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase. After hearing that an old woman’s house is haunted young super-sleuth Nancy Drew offers to investigate, and makes a new friend in the process. Sophia Lillis (of It fame) takes on the titular role of Nancy Drew, but is a little too happy-go-lucky; particularly given that the character’s recently lost her mother. And, there’s never any real sense that she’s ever in danger or could fail to solve the mystery. Also, the mystery itself is rather doubt and Scooby-Doo-ish; with ghosts and nefarious businessmen. Hockey and uninspired, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase is yet another failed attempt to re-launch the franchise.

Made-for-tv budget film, an updated Nancy Drew in a 'mystery' that I solved less than five minutes in. Everyone talks like they're very written, nothing feels organic.

Oh and also at one point Nancy high fives an elderly ex-burlesque dancer over the amount of men that come over to 'visit' It's weird

There were 8 people including us in the theater, before the end half of those had walked out

Years ago, I saw the _Nancy Drew_ movie starring Emma Roberts. It was pretty much my first experience with the famed teenage sleuth; not only had I read absolutely zero of her books at the time, I was just as unfamiliar with the Hardy Boys. The main reason I was seeing that flick was because Emma Roberts was the star; as a longtime fan of young Hollywood talent, I was curious about her, especially since she and I share a birthday. Prior to that, about all of my experience with the franchise was Relient K's song about Nancy Drew. I remember very little about that Emma Roberts film, but I did enjoy it.

In recent years, especially after working at a library, I have become much more familiar with Miss Drew. I've read numerous novels about her; mostly from the original series and the _Files_ one from the eighties, the latter of which I have a random garage sale in my area to thank for jumpstarting my collection of those. I've also seen some episodes of a nineties(?) series based on the franchise on the Tubi app. So, you might say that me and that famed teenage sleuth have become much better acquainted, which meant I was watching this celluloid version of her through much different eyes.

So, what did I think? Mostly, I enjoyed it: Nancy was (generally) her typical likable self; her friends were (pretty much) just as reliable; there was a mystery afoot, and Nancy used her sleuthing skills to solve it; and, some action and intensity--a hallmark of the books--were present. However, some unnecessary content found its way into the mix. Between misuses of God's name, the immodest outfits of some of the female characters, a suggestive remark here and there, and Nancy engaging in a revenge prank. this was not entirely what I'm used to from this franchise. Granted, it's still cleaner than the CW version, but, at one point, I felt like I was watching a trashy reality show instead. From what I hear, this film tanked at the box office, and it's not the first attempt at making a film series based on the long-running book series; maybe that's a sign that Nancy Drew should stay a literary character.

awesome movie, even if the plot and writing wasn't that good.
it's like an episode of a CW drama but a little better.