SummaryBright, inquisitive and generous, Kit is a natural born leader. But her happy childhood is abruptly interrupted when her father loses his care dealership and must leave to Cincinnati to look for work. Kit and her mother Margaret are left to manage on their own, growing vegetables, selling eggs and even taking an assortment of boarders. When Kit’s... Read More
Directed By:Robert Milicevic, Patricia Rozema
Written By:Ann Peacock, Valerie Tripp
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Metascore
Generally Favorable
63
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
63
74% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
22% Mixed
6 Reviews
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4% Negative
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1 Review
91
Preteen girls – and not just those who are already American Girl fanatics – should be entranced. And why not? Not many movies for that audience are as respectful as is this one.
80
Offers solid, kid-friendly storytelling.
75
It's fun, fast-paced, educational entertainment that's fit for the whole family -- American boys included.
70
It's not only fresh and unassuming, but a film that serves, very nicely, the severely underserved audience of young girls.
63
Has its heart in the right place and its head shoved well down into a box of clichés.
60
Based on several American Girl stories about a 1930s cub reporter in Cincinnati, this dull theatrical debut especially disappoints because I'm usually fond of square, sepia-toned, period-costumed kids' movies (like Fly Away Home) that go nowhere at the box office.
30
The director, Patricia Rozema, has a rare talent: She gets third-rate performances out of first-rate performers with almost startling efficiency. All are bland, some hardly exist at all, and as performance, the whole thing seems a waste.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
60% Positive
9 Ratings
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20% Mixed
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3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Apr 30, 2012
8
The film wasn't too engaging or exciting, and had a few flaws in the execution, but it did give out an insight on 1930s history for children and kids-at-heart, without leaning so much into mindless mischief or "Home Alone"-style antics. Abigail Breslin's portrayal of Kit was also just as flat-out impressive as Bruno Ganz's dramatic performance in Downfall, or more like what Aaron Staton did in L.A. Noire, especially when Kit had to investigate a string of hobo-related robberies in Ohio. My two-thumbs up to this film.
Production Company:
- Picturehouse
- New Line Cinema
- HBO Films
- American Girl Brands
- Front Street Films
- Goldsmith-Thomas Productions
- Red Om Films
Release Date:Jun 20, 2008
Duration:1 h 41 m
Rating:G
Awards
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Directors Guild of Canada
• 2 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
