"The sleuthing itself is where the fun is at," noted film reviewer Dustin Putman of Andrew Fleming's revival of Nancy Drew, overlooking that film's canny sense of retro style, engaging story structure and memorable images (and the movie's worthiness as an entry into the annals of exceeding family pictures). Such endearing craftsmanship isn't on show in the elderly Nancy Drew... Reporter -- a bland, cookie-cutter endeavour that wants for both fun and finesse, and is just dusty old kitsch.