Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
by Patricia Rozema
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Actor: Abigail Breslin, Chris O'Donnell, Joan Cusack, Julia Ormond, Stanley TucciDirector: Patricia Rozema
Brand: NEW Line Home Video
Producer: Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas
Producer: Ellen L. Brothers
Producer: Jodi Goldberg
Producer: Julia Roberts
Producer: Julie Goldstein
Writer: Ann Peacock
Writer: Valerie Tripp
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
Published: 2008-10-01
DVD Release Date: 2008-10-28
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: New Line Home Video
Movie Reviews of Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Movie Review: First Rate!
Summary: 5 Stars
I missed the "Kit Kittredge - An American Girl" film when it was shown in movie theaters a few months ago, but I snapped up the DVD at first sight. Movie critics and reviewers had said it was excellent. It was! It was a wonderful period movie that will bear watching again and again. My wife said it was a story for children, and I suppose that's true, but it's much, much more. The movie is set in 1934, the heart of the Great Depression. Well, I was born about that time and I don't remember much before 1940, but the folks and our relatives always had a lot of tales of those days and, for us, much of the 40s were not all that different .
The movie is just wonderfully done. All the 30s and earlier cars on the streets were just amazing. The wonderful neighborhood scenes seemed so authentic. The people and their acting and appearance all appeared completely authentic. The 30s music was completely appropriate. Everything seemed so authentic and believable that you might simply relax and be transported back to relive that era. The period depiction, in itself, should bring an Oscar nomination.
The acting was excellent. All of the characters seemed believable and fit the 30s scene ideally. The kids, in particular, were outstanding for depicting kids of that era. Surely, the director will receive an Oscar nomination. A little story of Kit Kitterage serving as a writer and amateur detective kept the interest and might be the highlight of the movie for children. For me, the whole movie was achingly sad and painful. I felt so sorry for the people caught up in the ever increasing economic blight and I wondered if we might not be sliding into another such situation.
Abigail Breslin was particularly outstanding. I fell in love with her in "Little Miss Sunshine" and her role in this movie was just as good, if not better. This young lady is a rising star, without question. She should get an Oscar nomination for this performance. But, of course, she had such an excellent supporting cast and that really made her stand out.
This is an outstanding movie from a variety of viewpoints. First rate!
Gary Peterson
Summary of Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
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