Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery

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Abigail Breslin, Joan Cusack, Glenne Headly, Jane Krakowski, Chris O'Donnell, Julia Ormond, Wallace Shawn, Stanley Tucci, Madison Davenport, Zach Mills, Willow Smith, Austin Macdonald

Based on the American Girl doll line and will center on Kit Kittredge, a young woman who grows up in the early years of the Great Depression.

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  • November 16, 2008
    I didn't wanna see this at first, but rented it for my Daughter. We sat down together to watch it...and I was very much surprised when this turned out to be a reallycute girly Movie. Glad I watched it and spent this good time with my kid. Great Mom and Daughter Flick!
  • November 9, 2008
    Kit Kittredge (Abigail Breslin) is a friendly young girl enjoying life in the year 1934. Kit's family is part of a fairly wealthy social circle, but times are starting to get very hard. Kit's father (Chris O'Donnell) has lost his job, and is forced to go to Chicago to seek work. ...( read more)In the meantime, Kit and her mother (Julia Ormond) are forced to take in boarders in order to pay the mortgage. Very quickly, the Kittredge household becomes filled with a variety of eccentric figures, including a clever magician (Stanley Tucci), a loopy dancer (Jane Krakowski) and a mobile librarian (Joan Cusack). Just as Kit is getting used to her new situation, something mysterious starts happening. Robberies are beginning to take place in Kit's home town, and many are blaming members of the hobo community. In fact, one of the key suspects is a young man named Will (Max Thieriot), a hobo who has been doing work for the Kittredge family in exchange for a little money and food. However, Kit is convinced of Will's innocence, and determines to solve the mystery. The film is a gentle and thoughtful little period piece that somewhat resembles an exceptionally good Nancy Drew story. Breslin is indeed the best thing about the movie, never once coming across as too contemporary for the time. But she's also so cinematically precocious, so completely a work of manufactured motion picture moralizing that she fails to come across as a real kid. Cusack usually delivers first-rate performances, but this one is a disappointment.
  • July 14, 2008
    Their intentions were in the right place and I liked that they stayed true to the time period that the story took place in. Other than that, pretty bland.
  • July 7, 2008
    Despite Breslin's default winning nature, the film itself proves wholesome to a fault.
  • August 9, 2009
    pretty decent movie, got interested, when i caught it,and didnt stop watching it,lol.
  • November 22, 2009
    I loved Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine. Unfortunately I can't get that messed up image of her dance routine from that movie out of my head when I see her in other movies. I feel incredibly incredibly dirty. Which under normal circumstances wouldn't be a big deal, but Abi...( read more)gail is 11. Glad to see she can act. I hope she continues her career after her teen years.
  • October 30, 2009
    Great actors plus good script equals a good, but utterly forgettable movie. I accidentally watched this movie three separate times in a six month window, only to remember that I'd seen it based on a single scene fifteen minutes before the end credits making me suspicious and my ...( read more)suspicion verified by the final scenes before the end credits. Since people say it is a good movie, I have since watched it an additional two times suffering the same horrific suspicions and revalations with each viewing. Its a good kid flick to watch once, but certainly not three or even five times.
  • September 30, 2009
    This movie is very motivating and surprising. What a clever little girl. Her character could be the inspiration for everyone, even for the adults.
  • September 28, 2009
    A good, not so fresh, quite common family movie adress to younger people.
  • August 17, 2009
    Apr 09 - A nice family movie and a mellow view of the depression.

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