Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
2008 · Movie · G · 100 min · ★ 6.5 · 72% critics
During the Great Depression, a young girl’s family faces sudden hardship when her father leaves to look for work and her mother takes in boarders to keep their home. When a lockbox of savings is stolen and an outsider is blamed, she teams up with friends to uncover the truth, testing loyalty, courage, and community.
Also known as An American Girl Mystery · An American Girl Story: Kit Kitteridge
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-07-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (141 votes)
- Box office
- $17,655,201
- Budget
- $10,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gentle, uplifting family mystery set during hard times, with a determined kid at the center; Not for you if you dislike sweetness, tidy resolutions, or kid-focused storytelling like iCarly.
Pros: warm family-friendly tone; strong young lead; period setting details | Cons: predictable mystery beats; sometimes corny dialogue; crowded cast of characters
Themes
- cincinnati
- woman director
Cast & crew
Abigail Breslin
as Kit Kittredge
Chris O'Donnell
as Mr. Kittredge
Julia Ormond
as Mrs. Kittredge
Stanley Tucci
as Mr. Jefferson Jasper Rene Berk
Max Thieriot
as Will Shephard
Joan Cusack
as Miss Lucinda Bond
Glenne Headly
as Mrs. Howard
Jane Krakowski
as Miss May Dooley
Wallace Shawn
as Mr. Gibson
Madison Davenport
as Ruthie Smithens
Directed by Patricia Rozema