Deck the Halls Movie from book by Mary & Carol Higgins Clark

MOVIE REVIEW


Deck the Halls

Network: TNT

Original Air Date: December 20, 2011

*Based on book - Deck the Halls, by Mary Higgins Clark and Daughter Carol Higgins Clark


CAST:

Kathy Najimy ... Alvirah
Scottie Thompson ... Regan
David Selby ... Luke
Larry Miller ... Willy
Eric Johnson ... Jack
Jane Alexander ... Nora
Luciano Carro ... ?



 

PLOT:

from TNT press release:

Adapted from the first book in Mary Higgins Clark and daughter Carol Higgins Clark’s series of holiday mystery novels, this warm-hearted story brings together two of the authors’ most popular characters: Detective Regan Reilly and cleaning-woman-turned-private-eye Alvirah Meegan. The women investigate the kidnapping of Regan’s father and a young female driver just before the holidays. The race is on to rescue the pair and get them home in time for Christmas.

Howard Burkons (John Q, TNT’s The Ron Clark Story) is set to write the script. He will executive-produce with Brenda Friend (Joan of Arc, The Ron Clark Story)

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Nancy Drew

MOVIE REVIEW

Nancy Drew:
Movie starring Emma Roberts (Hotel for Dogs), Tate Donovan (Silver Bells), Rachael Leigh Cook (She's All That), Max Thieriot (Smallville), and Josh Flitter (The Greatest Game Ever Played).


CAST:

Emma Roberts ... Nancy Drew
Josh Flitter ... Corky Veinshtein
Max Thieriot ... Ned Nickerson
Tate Donovan ... Carson Drew
Rachael Leigh Cook ... Jane Brighton
Kelly Vitz ... Trish
Daniella Monet ... Inga Veinshtein
Caroline Aaron ... Barbara Barbara
Marshall Bell ... John Leshing
Pat Carroll ... Landlady
Craig Gellis ... Thug
Rich Cooper ... Charlie
Amy Bruckner ... Bess
Kay Panabaker ... Georgie
Cliff Bemis ... Chief McGinnis





PLOT:

from DVD description:

With her magnifying glass and fingerprint powder in hand, Nancy Drew leaves River Heights for Hollywood... but not to meet that guy on Smallville, as her boyfriend Ned fears. No, she's out to solve one of the greatest mysteries ever: the death of movie star Dehlia Draycott. But the bigger mystery is how our perky, plaid-clad sleuth will fit in with the text-messaging teen queens of mean she meets at Hollywood High.

Join Emma Roberts as Nancy in this timeless girl detective mystery as she finds danger, adventure and romance. Because wherever Nancy goes, excitement follows.







Movie Review:

Nancy Drew is a strong and confident young woman. She believes in herself and justice… and isn’t afraid of seeking out the truth as clues to the Draycott Mystery unravel around her.

This movie is better suited for Preteen age and up. The Dehlia Draycott mystery involves an unwed murdered Hollywood actress of the golden era having given birth to a daughter. This issue may be too much for young viewers to comprehend as well as explain the reasoning of the child’s birth… since the actress was unmarried.

Also, Nancy thinks the Draycott Mansion is haunted but learns it was only a projection image. There are other close moments of intense with a bomb explosion, a van tries to run over Nancy and her friend, Corky, Nancy is kidnapped, etc…

In spite of these sticky situations… the movie is delightful and fun. I liked Nancy’s style and personality… she wasn’t ever afraid or and intimidated to be her true self. A great role model. I loved when she told the other girls in the lunch room that “She likes Old Fashioned Things” and the girl responds, “Oh, we noticed”.

There isn’t anything objectional as far as language or physical relations. There was a mild sweet kiss at the end but I’ll let you watch the movie to see if it was with her old reliable sleuthing friend, Ned… or with the new funny guy, Corky.



See or Skip:

See! Great for PreTeen Girl Sleepovers or for anyone who ever enjoyed a Nancy Drew Book.

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