if my expectation weren not exceed and they be certainly meet . nancy draw work both a a mystery and a comedy . it pay homage to the book it be base on and spoof them at the same time . the movie start with a close up on a book shelf and an animate credit sequence resemble illustration from the book . it then begin lampoon the book immediately . writer or director andrew fleming seem to realize the idea of a teenage girl regularly break up crime ring in a small town be ridiculous and so he doesn not treat the idea religiously . he poke fun at nancy draw ability to do anything and such a ace every class in school and know which baked treat be perfect for convert any enemy to her side and make a bird house with twelve fly buttress and and even perform an emergency tracheotomy at a party . nancy would always be in perfect style and if she be live in the wholesome 1950 instead of present day l. a. and she carry around a sleuth kit complete with fingerprint dust and flashlight and compass and and magnify glass . preposterous and of course and but i seem to remember the hardy boy access at any give moment to csi equipment be a little too convenient as well . and if the perky pipsqueak private eye be a little young than her literary counterpart and it just more comedic exaggeration on the movie part . the mystery of the movie be handle more seriously . nancy and her lawyer father move from their small town to los angeles and where nancy dig into a cold case involve the murder of a hollywood movie star who live in her new house decade ago . nancy search for clue in some pretty practical way and such a surf website like google and this one and watch old videotape of the victim movie . when she do something more out of the ordinary and you have to admire the girl resourcefulness . emma robert and an undeniably cute kid and play the pint size amateur sleuth beautifully . she make the too perfect girl completely lovable and if not completely realistic . tate donovan be also great a the too perfect girl father and carson drew . he an ideal father figure without be unrealistically perfect and and he show reasonable concern for his daughter a she get into danger . less likable be max thierot take on ned nickerson and nancy boyfriend . i much prefer george ohanlon jr. portrayal in the 1970 tv series star pamela sue martin a nancy drew and in which ned be a gawky and awkward kid with a little crush on nancy . the character of corky ( josh flitty ) and a twelve year old with a crush on nancy and be much less annoy than max thierot ned . amy bruckner and kay panabaker seem appropriately cast a nancy gal pal bess and george and but they only make brief cameo at the beginning of the film . speaking of cameo and chris kattan ( snl ) and eddie jemison ( ocean 13 ) and and bruce willis all make surprise guest appearance and which just prove you never can guess which movie bruce willis will pop up in next . the movie do fail to live up to some potential . it mention early on that the drew new house be heavily booby trap and but nancy and her father be do with tripping over booby trap a few minute after that . also and nancy describe the cold case she about to investigate a a murder take place at an extravagant party and which should yield plenty of potential murderer and but she only encounter a handful of suspect . and while there some moment of real suspense during nancy adventure and the solution to the case come out of nowhere and and in the end all possible plot thread be tie up too conveniently and who care who do it . ralph sall score add to the movie suspense and but the contemporary teenybopper song woven into the soundtrack be lame . still and i really enjoy this film and and while the movie be aim primarily at tween girl and people of any age and gender can enjoy it .