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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   1,858 votes
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Director:
Patricia Rozema
Writers (WGA):
Ann Peacock (written by)
Valerie Tripp (Kit Kittredge stories)
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Release Date:
2 July 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Family | Mystery more
Plot:
Set in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, helps her mother run a boardinghouse after her father loses his job. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
This movie was beyond my expectations more (20 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:G (certificate #44219) | Argentina:Atp | Singapore:G | Netherlands:AL
Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Shot in 27 days. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Kit's dad is seen leaving for Chicago in a Flxible Clipper bus, which was not produced until 1937, three years after the movie's 1934 setting. more
Quotes:
Kit Kittredge: [very serious] Do you swear allegiance to the Treehuse Club?
Florence Stone: [solemn] I do.
Kit Kittredge: And if the Ninth Street Club asks you to join their club?
Florence Stone: I will laugh in their faces.
Frances Stone: [whispering] Florence! You're *supposed* to say, 'I will decline'!
Florence Stone: Oh.
[very seriously]
Florence Stone: I will decline... and laugh.
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Movie Connections:
References It Happened One Night (1934) more
Soundtrack:
My Shawl more

FAQ

Are the songs in the movie songs that would have been popular in 1934?
Is "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" based on a novel?
Are there other American Girl movies?
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19 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
This movie was beyond my expectations, 6 July 2008
8/10
Author: cklarson-1 from United States

As a writer of women's history, including World War II, this is one of the few films I've seen which really informs. The settings and clothing were accurate. The mix of people was also true to life. But what surprised me the most was that Kit's family came face to face with the personal dilemmas of the Depression. She was not just a child "voyeur", "do-gooder", or "little careerist" removed from the economic and social pressures which is what I had expected. There were a number of very authentic scenes and interchanges. There were also some very interesting characters such as the mobile librarian.

I spoke to a mother as she came out of the theater with her 5 year old (who liked it). She commented that the movie will give youth of today a view of hardship that most don't understand in our now affluent nation. As a child of Depression-era parents that's the truth: both of my parents' families lost wealth due to small town bank failures. My uncle, instead of going to college, had to join the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCCs).

With that said, however, as a movie I thought the acting uneven. Some of the dialogue seemed a little canned and some words were too contemporary (e.g., Kit: "I was focused on"). But some of that could also just be my first over-reactive impression. I'd have to see it again, to let it all sink in, for as a total historical package it was a lot to absorb, because you have to assess it at several different levels.

But, whether or not you think this is a good or bad movie, in movie terms, this is an important movie for children to see. It is generally fact-based, has depth, and is as authentic a movie as a wholesome, "uplifting" one for 10-year-olds can be. The American Girl phenomenon is true manna from heaven for those of us interested in giving women a place in history.

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