The movie turns Nancy, played with more pluck than brilliance by Emma Roberts, into an uptight goody-two-shoes, a prig who lectures her school principal on matters of policy and who won’t exceed the speed limit in the middle of a car chase. Worse, “Nancy Drew” corrupts the clean, functional, grown-up style of the books with the kind of cute, pseudo-smart self-consciousness that has sadly become the default setting for contemporary juvenile popular culture produced by insecure, immature adults.
June 15, 2007
The default setting
From A.O. Scott's review today of the new "Nancy Drew" flick (emphasis mine):
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment