Loosely based on the 1939 novel “The Hidden Staircase,” screenwriters Nina Fiore and John Herrera have retrofitted a classic Nancy Drew story with some contemporary snap. (And, it seems important to note, Lillis is a shining star in every situation that “Hidden Staircase” throws her way choosing the “It” breakout as the newest on-screen Nancy Drew is the smartest choice that went into the entire film.) Nancy Drew is better than this and, in fits and starts, “Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase” is too. The trio cook up a plan to go after the one thing that means the most to him: “his social media presence.” Things can only get better from there, because while Nancy is as capable and quick as ever, watching her shuffle around a high school gym dressed as a janitor in order to best a knucklehead who has been literally illegally mean to one of her best friends seems as thin and silly as it sounds.
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