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  • 2008
  • G
  • New Line Cinema
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2008
  • G
  • New Line Cinema
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Bright, 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. W...

Directed By: Patricia Rozema

Written By: Ann Peacock, Valerie Tripp

  • 2008
  • G
  • New Line Cinema
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2008
  • G
  • New Line Cinema
  • 1 h 41 m

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 25 User Ratings
7.6
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Summary Bright, 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. W...

Directed By: Patricia Rozema

Written By: Ann Peacock, Valerie Tripp

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews
63
74% Positive
20 Reviews
22% Mixed
6 Reviews
4% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews
63
74% Positive
20 Reviews
22% Mixed
6 Reviews
4% Negative
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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.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
80
Offers solid, kid-friendly storytelling.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
75
It's fun, fast-paced, educational entertainment that's fit for the whole family -- American boys included.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
70
It's not only fresh and unassuming, but a film that serves, very nicely, the severely underserved audience of young girls.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
63
Has its heart in the right place and its head shoved well down into a box of clichés.
By Lawrence Toppman FULL REVIEW
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.
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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.
By Stephen Hunter FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 25 User Ratings
7.6
76% Positive
19 Ratings
8% Mixed
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16% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 25 User Ratings
7.6
76% Positive
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8% Mixed
2 Ratings
16% Negative
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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
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Website http://www.americangirl.com/movie/
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Awards

Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Directors Guild of Canada
• 2 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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