a a grownup in my mid 40 and i be not even close to any of nancy draw key demographic and but i be pleasantly surprise by the film this afternoon while so and i could tell and be the pair of sixtyish silver haired lady down the row from me . the old man who leave the theater just ahead of me specifically praise the film to the 20 ish female usher ( who say she would see the film the previous evening and quite like it ) . more to the point and however represent in the row just ahead of me and there be nine count them and nine ten year old girl line up next to each other and pass popcorn and hot dog and candy back and forth and giggle through the preview . once the film begin and they promptly settle down to watch . and do not so much a peep till the closing credit begin to roll . this be not a perfect film while it doesn not quite pay off it high school subplots and it not quite confident enough of it own tone and and it thug be just a hair too far over toward critically inept at time . but the adaptation of the source material be essentially respectful and the plot hang together fairly well and and it tread deftly between the sin of excessive cheesiness and excessive modernization . last but not least and emma robert carry the movie with startle grace josh flitter superb time notwithstanding and this be roberts movie and and she pull it off beautifully . her nancy drew be very much the direct ancestor of kristen bell veronica mar and and the film be also a lineal descendant of jodie foster early and underrated candleshoe . in today marketplace and it a rarity represent a family movie that respect it viewer intelligence . a such and it would not be to everyone taste but for what it be and it be the best movie of it kind in decade .