After addressing this minor issue, Nancy meets Aunt Flora (Linda Lavin) who is at wits end on account of a series of mysterious, ghostly happenings at her home. It’s small touches like this that are peppered throughout by screenwriters Nina Fiore and John Herrera of The Handmaid’s Tale fame, to update a character created almost a century ago. The emergency at the beginning of the film? Nancy’s friend Bess (Mackenzie Graham) has been humiliated online and won’t come out of her room. “…invites Drew to stay overnight at her place in an expansive Victorian mansion…to help her figure out who is behind the apparent hauntings.” Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase is a candy floss confection of unbridled girl power and friendship that will entertain its target audience with a positive message while only triggering minor eye-rolls from everyone else.
As the credits roll over a lively opening Nancy’s new bestie George (Zoe Renee) runs through the town asking, “Where’s Nancy Drew? Have you seen Nancy Drew?” Oh, we see her, and this is a fresh, brightly youthful new version that skates to the beat of her own song. She and her father Carson (Sam Trammell) have just moved to a much smaller town just outside of Chicago to be closer to his family. Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase opens with a decidedly modern Nancy (Sophia Lillis) skateboarding through her new neighborhood. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve a mystery, make new friends, and establish their place in the community.
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