Nancy Drew (2002)

In this movie, Maggie Lawson plays Nancy Drew. A young woman who has just entered college. While rushing with her friends Bess and George, the star football player, Jesse, goes into a coma.... See full summary »

Director:

James Frawley

Writers:

Mildred Wirt Benson (books), Ami Canaan Mann

Stars:

Maggie Lawson, Jill Ritchie, Lauren Birkell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Maggie Lawson	...	Nancy Drew
Jill Ritchie	...	Bess
Lauren Birkell	...	George
Marieh Delfino	...	Teeny
Charlie Finn	...	Hank
Heath Freeman	...	Det. Patrick Daly
Brian White	...	Franklin 'Sweet Money' Roosevelt Sanderson
James Avery	...	Prof. Shifflin
Brett Cullen	...	Carson Drew
Kevin Tighe	...	Coach Jeffries
Sabine Singh	...	Allison Price
Dale Midkiff	...	Jimbo Mitchell
Jenny O'Hara	...	Hannah Green
Nick Stabile	...	Ned Nickerson
Hoku	...	Bitsy

Storyline

In this movie, Maggie Lawson plays Nancy Drew. A young woman who has just entered college. While rushing with her friends Bess and George, the star football player, Jesse, goes into a coma. Nancy can sense there is something more to the story, so she starts investigating. In only a short period of time she gets arrested, asked out by a cop, almost expelled and gets one of her friends expelled. But that doesn't stop her from finding out what happened to Jesse.

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Plot Keywords:

based on book | title spoken by character

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Genres:

Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 December 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bancando a Detetive

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bender Brown Productions, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Bess: [looks at Nancy while she is pulling out her notebook from her purse and points at her] I know that look. Like in the third grade, I know that look.
George: You snag a scoop?
Nancy: [serious expression as she writes in notebook] More like a bite on one of those tiny plastic spoons... and something tastes funny.

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Connections

Version of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)

User Reviews

fun story which is not the fluff you would expect

As the movie opens, an impossibly confident Nancy Drew is weaving her way through traffic while talking on her cell phone. As she starts college, she moves into an apartment-style dorm room with two perky friends and a third roomie with a strong Spanish accent who otherwise looks as if she belongs with the group. The girls try to get into Tri Pi sorority, full of adorable perky girls. At this point it seems this movie is going to be just so much fluff. Not so; one of the Tri Pi girls has to go with her football player boyfriend to the hospital, and the rumor is that the girl, a pre-med student, supplied the boyfriend with performance-enhancing drugs. Nancy tries to solve the mystery but encounters many roadblocks and ends up going too far, discovering that her actions have consequences, including her arrest. Her objective is to satisfy a journalism professor so evil he makes Professor Kingsfield look like a teddy bear. Can she do it? This is a Disney movie, isn't it? The formula is to overcome obstacles and reach a goal, though it may not be the exact goal you expect. Or maybe they went against the formula this time. You'll just have to watch.