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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

2019 · 89 min

A breezy, upbeat teen mystery that mixes light scares with friendship and sleuthing, easy to enjoy without much effort.

Directed by
Katt Shea
Genres
Crime, Family, Mystery
Starring
Sophia Lillis, Sam Trammell, Andrew Matthew Welch
Tagline
Mystery... has met its match.
Overview
Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve the mystery, make new friends, and establish their place in the community

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Directed by
Katt Shea
Genres
Crime, Family, Mystery
Starring
Sophia Lillis, Sam Trammell, Andrew Matthew Welch
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • friendship
  • family
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • small town
  • single country house
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour6
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
crime, family, mystery
Directed by
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Written by
Nina Fiore, John Herrera
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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