Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

Pros: Every part of the movie can be enjoyed by families
Cons: none

Picturehouse Inc New Line Cinema in association with HBO released "Kit Kittredge An American Girl" on October twenty-eighth, 2008 . Before the movie was made Kit was introduced to the public as one of the American Girl dolls the Pleasant Company in New ...

Pros: wholesome, fun plot twists, terrific cast, makes history come alive for kids
Cons: didn't do too well at the box office

When I was about ten years old, I fell in love with the American Girl company. First I read the books, and then I sent away for the catalogs, which I would rapturously peruse for hours, studying each of the dolls from various historical periods and ...

Pros: Family friendly, Kit is a strong role model, great retro costumes and soundtrack, all-star cast
Cons: None.

Set in the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge follows the heroine of the American Girl books. Kit (Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine) is a 10-year-old aspiring reporter living in Cincinnati with her parents (Julia Ormond and Chris O'Donnell); her ...

Pros: Great family movie, teaches a bit about the Depression.
Cons: None.

My daughter is nine years old and owns a few American Girl dolls, games, and quite a number of ...

Pros: The sort of movie to melt a couple stereotypes.
Cons: Some mild sexual innuendo in the magic show, but it was pretty subtle.

A movie depicting Depression life in 1934 Cincinnati, you'd expect to be, well, depressing, but I instead found it uplifting owing in part to the period music played throughout (e.g. ...