KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL
HEADLINE: ** Great Hardship & Great Triumph **
Title: KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL
Quality: * * * Acceptability: +1
SUBTITLES: None
WARNING CODES:
Language: L
Violence: V
Sex: None
Nudity: None
RATING: G
RELEASE: June 20, 2008
TIME: TBD
STARRING: Abigail Breslin, Joan Cusack, Glenne Headly, Jane Krakowski, Chris O'Donnell, Julia Ormond, Wallace Shawn, and Stanley Tucci
DIRECTOR: Patricia Rozema
PRODUCERS: Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Ellen L. Brothers and Lisa Gillan
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Julia Roberts
WRITER: Ann Peacock
BASED ON THE BOOKS BY: Valerie Tripp
DISTRIBUTOR: Picturehouse/Warner Bros./Time Warner
CONTENT: (B, L, V, A) Light moral worldview slightly confused by a Robin Hood theme that is ultimately addressed with one positive reference to thanking "the good Lord," a little girl initiation ceremony into their tree house with mumbo jumbo invocations and references to becoming one, a strong sense of self-reliance, a strong rebuke of discrimination, and a moral message that crime doesn't pay; one light profanity (Oh God); some lightweight slapstick violence such as mobile librarian keeps running her truck into things and hits bad guy on back of head with shovel, several pratfalls; hugging and kissing within family; no nudity; toasting with wine at Thanksgiving; no smoking; and, nothing else objectionable.
GENRE: Drama
INTENDED AUDIENCE: All ages
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SUMMARY: KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL stars Abigail Breslin as a girl during the Great Depression who must solve a series of crimes. KIT KITTREDGE starts slow but ends with a big heartfelt wallop. Despite some moral confusion, good eventually triumphs.
IN BRIEF:
KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL stars Abigail Breslin in the title role. Kit is an American girl living in Cincinnati during the Great Depression. Kit seems to be living the ideal life. One day Kit is helping at the soup kitchen and sees her father in the line. He has lost his job! He heads off to Chicago from Cincinnati to get a new job. To survive, Kit's mother starts taking in boarders. One of them is a magician who seems to be a little too good to be true. Then, somebody steals the lock box with all the rent. Hoboes are being accused of thefts throughout Ohio, and Kit has to solve the mystery of the stolen goods with her girlfriends and young boyfriend.
KIT KITTREDGE starts slow and lyrical but ends with a heartfelt wallop. The casting is superb, including Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin. One problem is that the movie's moral worldview is confused by a Robin Hood theme that is ultimately resolved. The bad guys get caught. Good triumphs. The impossible happens. And, a Thanksgiving scene is truly a scene of celebration in a positive spiritual sense.
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