Cringey movie that had me wondering what the writers were thinking from start to finish.
You know those awful movies that try to take a classic series and try to reinvent it for a modern audience but just don't pull it off? This is all about that.
The laziness in the creativity is everywhere.
From the opening scene where Nancy is long-boarding down the street to Emily Bear's 'More Than Just Girl' it constantly feels like some wannabe "cool mom and dad" writers tried to transfer their old school imaginings of what makes something cool onto their concept of Nancy Drew and her friends resulting in a freakish set up that had me peeping through my fingers at this cringe-fest.
It's like the writers creative process went like this: OK we need to make this cool not like the square old Nancy Drew. We pitched this as reinvigorated, so what's cool these days? er.....social media....I've seen them using instagram....... Emily Bear, I heard she was cool...... what else?...... well my neighbor's kid has a longboard, he told me it was cool..... OK let's crowbar all that in. Job done. Our movie is now cool.
And that process pervades the whole movie. Cringey attempts to be cool are injected all over the place. Resulting in a movie with no soul and any attempts to imbue morality are substance are veiled under snark and layers of hipster "mom and dad"-level cool.
It's truly awful and unnatural feeling and one of the most hideous cinematic creations I've had the misfortune to watch.
You know those awful movies that try to take a classic series and try to reinvent it for a modern audience but just don't pull it off? This is all about that.
The laziness in the creativity is everywhere.
From the opening scene where Nancy is long-boarding down the street to Emily Bear's 'More Than Just Girl' it constantly feels like some wannabe "cool mom and dad" writers tried to transfer their old school imaginings of what makes something cool onto their concept of Nancy Drew and her friends resulting in a freakish set up that had me peeping through my fingers at this cringe-fest.
It's like the writers creative process went like this: OK we need to make this cool not like the square old Nancy Drew. We pitched this as reinvigorated, so what's cool these days? er.....social media....I've seen them using instagram....... Emily Bear, I heard she was cool...... what else?...... well my neighbor's kid has a longboard, he told me it was cool..... OK let's crowbar all that in. Job done. Our movie is now cool.
And that process pervades the whole movie. Cringey attempts to be cool are injected all over the place. Resulting in a movie with no soul and any attempts to imbue morality are substance are veiled under snark and layers of hipster "mom and dad"-level cool.
It's truly awful and unnatural feeling and one of the most hideous cinematic creations I've had the misfortune to watch.