Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Patricia Rozema

Writers (WGA):

Ann Peacock (written by)
Valerie Tripp (Kit Kittredge stories)

Release Date:

2 July 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Mystery

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.

Plot Keywords:

Great Depression | Cincinnati Ohio | Father | Girl | Newspaper

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 20

6:30 AM

MAX

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Abigail Breslin	...	Margaret Mildred 'Kit' Kittredge
Julia Ormond	...	Margaret Kittredge
Chris O'Donnell	...	Jack Kittredge
Jane Krakowski	...	Miss May Dooley
Wallace Shawn	...	Mr. Gibson
Max Thieriot	...	Will Shepherd
Willow Smith	...	Countee Garby
Glenne Headly	...	Louise Howard
Zach Mills	...	Stirling Howard IV
Kenneth Welsh	...	Uncle Hendrick
Madison Davenport	...	Ruthie Smithens
Joan Cusack	...	Miss Lucinda Bond
Dylan Smith	...	Freidreich (as Dylan Scott Smith)
Stanley Tucci	...	Jefferson Jasper Berk
Douglas Nyback	...	William 'Billy' Peabody

Also Known As:

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:G (certificate #44219) | Argentina:Atp | Singapore:G | Netherlands:AL

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Picturehouse Entertainment

Trivia:

Shot in 27 days.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Kitt gives the Cincinnati Register Editor her stories to read, they are in a portfolio envelope. When the Editor opens the portfolio, he removes an attached, corded elastic band which was stretched around the portfolio. Corded elastic bands for these types of thin cardboard portfolios did not exist in 1934. These envelopes would be tied with an attached, flattened cloth grosgrain ribbon type of tie.

Quotes:

Miss Bond: I'm sorry.. we were trying to be like Robin Hood- you know, steal from the rich to give to the poor. But... really, all we were doing was stealing from the rich... and the poor... and keeping it for ourselves. That's what we did, really.

Movie Connections:

References The Thin Man (1934)

Soundtrack:

Side by Side

Kit Kittredge-Happy Days Are Here Again Arrive With this Film ****

A vastly under-rated, marvelous film with Abigail Breslin proving that she will be a quite a star as the years go on.

Set in May, 1934 in depression era Cincinnati, the film wonderfully captures the depression period and its effects on the inhabitants of the city. We see people losing their jobs and being evicted from their homes during the day. We see families torn apart as fathers had to leave to find work anywhere. Many never wrote or came back.

With all this, we find Kit, whose family is eventually victimized by the economic collapse. This precocious child wants to be a reporter and goes out to view the residents of tents outside of the city. Was surprised that they didn't use the historical name for these areas- Hoovervilles!

This is a great picture capturing depression era Americana. The story then turns into a stealing caper and as usual, the hobos are blamed until Kit and her brood of friends prove otherwise. They didn't even need Jessica Fletcher to prove that which was not so obvious.