i last read a nancy draw book about 20 year ago and so much of my memory of the fictional character be probably faulty . from what i gather and the book be introduce to me at an era when teenage sleuth be popular to child grow up at the time ( for my case and the 80 and early 90 ) and with hardy boy and famous five and and of course and carolyn keene nancy draw amongst the more famous one . i still remember those hardcover book with very dated cover illustration and usually quite heavy ( for a kid ) to lug around and and the thickness of the book perhaps attribute to the fact that the word be print in large font . well and the character have be give some update along the way and a i recall my sister subsequent nancy draw book become less thick and of softcover and with update and a more chic nancy illustrate on the cover . i can not remember if those story be the same a the old hardcover one and but i guess these book and be ghostwrite and have their fair share of update itself for the time . in this warner brothers release of nancy drew and the character no doubt get it update to suit the time and but somehow the writer andrew fleming and tiffany paulsen maintain her 50 ish small town sensibility and thereby retain some charm and flavour that erm and folk like me and would appreciate . her fashion sense and her prim and properness and even some quirky little behaviour trait that make her and well and nancy drew . her family background remain more or less the same and live with her single parent father carson draw ( tate donovan ) and who be move his daughter and himself to the big city for a good job opportunity and and to wean his daughter off sleuth in the town of river height . mom be but a distant memory and and the housemaid make a cameo . but what make nancy draw work and be the casting of emma robert in the lead role . niece of her famous aunt julia and she too possess that sprightly demeanour and that unmistakable red hair and that megawatt smile . her nancy draw and while in the beginning do seem to rub you the wrong way and actually will grow on you . and in almost what i think could be a discarded scene from pretty woman and it have the character walk into a classy shop with almost opposite reaction . while dad carson draw try hard to bring nancy out of her sleuthing environment and to assimilate into normal teenage life and trust nancy to find themselves live in a house whose owner and a hollywood type have be and be find murder under suspicious circumstance . mystery solving be her comfort food when she find herself an outcast of the local fraternity and and not before long be whisk off along with her on her big screen adventure . there nothing too black dahlia about the crime and mystery and and instead it a pretty straightforward piece for nancy to solve and in between befriend corky ( josh flitter ) a chubby friend from school and and pacify jealous boyfriend ned ( max thieriot ) and while hide the truth of her extra curriculum activity from her dad . the story lace with cheesy fun and an oldie sentimentality which charm and and together and it become somewhat scooby doo like . with minimal violence and no big bag gunfight or explosion and this be seriously a genre which be label clearly with chick flick alert . i guess the movie will generate a new generation of fan and rekindle the memory of old one and and probably and just probably and might spark a new fashion trend of sport penny loafer .