Fresh
A gently thoughtful, audience-appropriate entertainment that assembles swell actors to play colorful characters who don't shy away from depicting serious hard times.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, helps her mother run a boardinghouse after her father loses his job.
2008 · 1h 41m · G
Comedy, Drama, Family, Mystery
Directed by
Patricia Rozema
Overview
The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. In order to keep their home, Kit and her mother must take in boarders - paying house - guests who turn out to be full of fascinating stories. When mother's lockbox containing all their money is stolen, Kit's new hobo friend Will is the prime suspect. Kit refuses to believe that Will would steal, and her efforts to sniff out the real story get her and friends into big trouble. The police say the robbery was an inside job, committed by someone they know. So if it wasn't Will, then who did it.
Director and cast
- Patricia Rozema Director
- Abigail Breslin as Kit Kittredge
- Chris O'Donnell as Mr. Kittredge
- Julia Ormond as Mrs. Kittredge
- Stanley Tucci as Uncle Hendrick
- Joan Cusack as Aunt Millie
- Max Thieriot as Will Shephard/Charlie Kittredge
- Glenne Headly as Mrs. Howard
- Jane Krakowski as Nurse
- Wallace Shawn as Register's Reporter
- Madison Davenport as Ruthie Smithens
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The tweener girls for whom it is aimed deserve better. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Fresh
This classy, heart-on-its-sleeve movie is packed with laudable life lessons and Depression-era trivia.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh
This is a sweet, G-rated story of 1930s girl power, with nary a princess in sight.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
Kit Kittredge is proof of how far you can get with the right screenwriter -- in this instance one versed in Children's Adventures 101 -- and director.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
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