Kit Kittredge – Movie Review from Emily

One of our readers, Emily of Emily Rose, was lucky enough to see the Kit Kittredge – An American Girl movie already and has written a great review. From Emily -

I went to see this movie today with my parents and thoroughly enjoyed it.  The film takes place is the 1920’s and a very difficult time in America’s history.  The country is on the brink of The Great Depression when jobs are lost and people can’t pay their bills.  Kit lives in a lovely house in Cincinnati and her Dad runs a successful car dealership.  But times become tough and Kit’s world, and that of her family, takes a turn for the worse.  Kit’s Dad needs to go to Chicago to look for work and she and her Mom need to make ends meet at home.  To do this, they take in a selection of very different boarders; all with their own peculiar story.  Kit also has her Tree House Club where she and her friends can plan all sorts of adventures and try to forget the problems they have.  One of her interests is journalism and she wants to try her luck as a cub reporter.  A first story she wants to write is about her friends who live on the edge of town in a hobo camp.  When a spate of robberies is blamed on the hobos the story becomes more personal.  Kit goes on a quest with her friends to solve the mystery.

This is a very sweet movie and well made.  There seems to be more effort on this movie to make the story work and the characters more full than in the previous AG DVD’s.  The story is believable and gives a tremendous sense of what it must have been like during The Great Depression.  It is very cute to see Kit and her friends deal with their life and go out and solve the mystery together.  I would recommend the movie for all AG lovers and girls aged 7 to12.  By the way, I also think parents would love it.

We’d love to get more reader reviews! If you would like to write a review of the Kit movie or any other doll related movie, book or item, just send your review and how you want your name to appear to share@dolldiaries.com. Let us know if you took one or more of your dolls with you, were there lots of dolls in the audience, what did you think of the movie, what ages would enjoy it and so on.

July 3, 2008 by Char  Filed Under: American Girl, Movies
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Comments

83 Responses to “Kit Kittredge – Movie Review from Emily”

  1. Ellie on July 3rd, 2008 6:43 am

    Firstie! It sounds like a great movie! I can’t wait until I can see it, which probably wont be until it comes out on DVD.

  2. Gale on July 3rd, 2008 3:52 pm

    I was just on Millie’s Doll Blog, and there’s an article saying that the next movie is going to be Julie’s! And that they are going to make it a musical! I’ll believe it when I hear it from AG.

  3. Zoe on July 3rd, 2008 9:48 pm

    The article was well written but 1.) The movie takes place in the 1930s and 2.) Kit doesn’t want to be a reporter for the Cubs, she wants to be a reporter for the Reds and whatever else she believes needs to be said.

  4. Alexandra on July 4th, 2008 11:15 am

    i had a feeling julie would be the next movie

  5. Zoe on July 4th, 2008 2:51 pm

    Yeah me 2! I sure hope so :D

  6. Jessica on July 4th, 2008 6:32 pm

    I hope so, too. I could maybe pass for julie. If i wore a wig, wore brown contacts, and made my….freckles disappear… lol ;)

  7. Jessica on July 4th, 2008 6:33 pm

    Well, honestly, I hope they have a Kirsten movie coming out soon. I look just like kirsten, except i need a wig and make freckles disappear. But that’s it! and i seriously look just like her, but i just need longer hair lol and bangs

  8. Ellie on July 4th, 2008 7:26 pm

    I don’t look like any of the American Girl characters. Molly would be the closest to me, I guess. I hope they make Kirsten’s movie soon, too, because she’s one of my favorite characters!

  9. Zoe on July 4th, 2008 8:08 pm

    Yeah, Jess. I would look like Kirsten too with a wig. Lol

  10. Alexandra on July 4th, 2008 9:47 pm

    dont worry about the freckles. abby breslin (kit) doesn’t have them. thats a detail i first noticed when i heard she was kit

  11. Ashleigh on July 4th, 2008 10:02 pm

    not the 1920s 1930! Gosh yea I’m audtioing for camp rock two, cause im taking singing lessons and ama good actress who can follow choregraphy with a nice resume (kinda)lol

  12. Jessica on July 4th, 2008 10:53 pm

    Ashleigh, I’m sorry, but I think that’s balogna

  13. Jessica on July 4th, 2008 10:55 pm

    So, I just got the latest news about an ag movie: The next one will feature Julie and Ivy and will b a musical!

  14. Jessica on July 4th, 2008 10:56 pm

    I think I’m gonna email ag about it i promise ill tell you guys what they said. Please don’t go all Dr. Phil on me! lol :)

  15. Jessica on July 4th, 2008 11:01 pm

    okay just emailed.
    Okay, I got to go. Happy 4th of July! God Bless America! :)

  16. Jessica on July 4th, 2008 11:04 pm

    one more comment:
    I heard about a girl named Akiane who’s just 12 years old and her paintings are just completely breathtaking! here’s her video:
    http://www.artakiane.com/vid-cnn-spiritualyoungartist.htm

  17. Ellie on July 5th, 2008 7:29 am

    I saw that they had something on American Girl Dolls and the Kit movie on the today show this morning but they cut it off to put on the local news instead!! That was soooo…….. mean!!

  18. Alexandra on July 5th, 2008 8:37 am

    about that child artist- i knew she seemed familiar! my mom had clipped an article about amazing child artists and she was in it! that was 2, maybe 3 years ago!

  19. Ashleigh on July 5th, 2008 9:00 am

    excuse me jess, that’s balongo well ur rude and mean i think u should apologize, i dont get what u mean but if ur making fun of my dreams and my talents then i dont like u at all

  20. Ashleigh on July 5th, 2008 9:02 am

    and i dont care if thats what u were thinking dont say mean things saying sry doesnt change anything it still is a mean comment think before u say and treat others as u want to be treated gosh do i really need to tell u tht we learned tht in like preschool!

  21. Ashleigh on July 5th, 2008 9:04 am

    instead of being mean to me u should be happy for me and support me cause im trying something tht i love and tht im talented at to think i thought u were my friend, cya guys i dont think im coming back on for a while

  22. Ashleigh on July 5th, 2008 9:10 am

    im sorry to everyone if my comment above were rude or mean pointing out jess so i apologize to everyone but my dreams and career are very deeply important to me and u blew my lid when jess said that what i had said was balonga. I hope u understand and accept my apologize for i should treat jess the way i wanted her to treat me

  23. Ashleigh on July 5th, 2008 9:11 am

    One last comment: My Dreams, are not balonga…

  24. Alexandra on July 5th, 2008 9:15 am

    listen to this: Now that the tween-girl-baiting Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is a limited-release hit (the $9 million Depression-era film starring Abigail Breslin opened last weekend in five theaters with $220,297, an impressive average of $44,059), audiences can look forward to its wide release on July 2 — and, naturally, a second movie based on the popular American Girl line of dolls. But who will release the sequel?
    Warner Bros.’ Picturehouse division is releasing Kit Kittredge, but the label is due to get shuttered in October, which leaves the American Girl followup temporarily homeless. Some believe it will stay within the Warner Bros. family as a compliment to the studio’s Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants franchise, while others wonder whether Picturehouse head Bob Berney will be able to take it with him to his next endeavor. (Producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas says, by the way, that movie will center on the 1970s American Girl doll Julie, and that it’ll be a musical with a lot of disco and ’70s rock music.)
    Warner Bros. was unable to shed any light on the project, and Berney says any decision is still up in the air. “Based on the opening numbers, I’m sure there will be another American Girl story,” he says. “It’s too early to tell if it’s Julie or another one, or how it’s going to happen. But the audience is there. There will be several American Girl movies.” Regardless of who releases them, that’s good news for the tween set. (Additional reporting by Carrie Bell)

  25. Zoe on July 5th, 2008 4:38 pm

    I don’t think your dreams are balonga, Ashleigh! I say that if you want to act, well, go for it!

  26. Jessica on July 5th, 2008 6:20 pm

    Listen, Ashleigh, I didn’t intentionaly mean it to sound that way, and I very much apologize. No one’s dreams are balogna, especially when it comes to the acting industry. It lets you express yourself. So, once again, I apologize. Please forgive me. :(

  27. Jessica on July 5th, 2008 6:22 pm

    And if you think you can do it, go for it, reach for the stars! dont let ANYONE (including me ;) ) hold you back. Chase even your wildest of dreams, and with faith and hope, they could very well come true. I believe in you. :)

  28. Jessica on July 5th, 2008 6:24 pm

    I’m happy you apologized too :) but I only said it was balogna when you said you auditioned for Camp Rock 2, only and ONLY becuase I thought there wasn’t gonna be one! Still, whatever you succeed at, Ash, I think you can go a long way :)

  29. Jessica on July 5th, 2008 6:25 pm

    and don’t worry, we can still be e-pals ash ;) btw srry i caused all this drama

  30. Jessica on July 5th, 2008 6:28 pm

    and i understand now that zoe puts it that way. I too want to be an actress, but I think the industry would be too harsh on me. I’m only a tween! And with my anxiety disorder and autism (very small case of autism, that is) I don’t know how anyone can accept that.

  31. Zoe on July 5th, 2008 7:43 pm

    Okay, here I am

  32. Jessica on July 5th, 2008 7:44 pm

    Hey, everyone, on ag.com, i answered a Help! From You question, and THEY POSTED MINE!!!!!!!! I’m Jessica, age 12, from KS! OMG, I cant believe it!

  33. Zoe on July 5th, 2008 7:44 pm

    Jess?

  34. Zoe on July 5th, 2008 7:47 pm

    yeah i know its so cool

  35. Ashleigh on July 5th, 2008 8:44 pm

    yea umm there is a camp rock two if u looked up auditions here is the site:http://actinginfo.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2008-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=27
    I’m a tween too

  36. Ashleigh on July 5th, 2008 8:48 pm

    click on my name for the site bye guys i decided that this is my last day on doll diaries for awhile!

  37. Ashleigh on July 5th, 2008 8:51 pm

    i accept ur apology, well i gtg practice guitar singer etc..and tommorro will be my last day ive decided not today

  38. Ashleigh on July 5th, 2008 8:57 pm

    they tend to post a lot of ppls mine have been posted many times b4 not two like brag, really only three

  39. Ellie on July 6th, 2008 7:02 am

    They’ve NEVER posted any of mine… lol.

  40. Alexandra on July 6th, 2008 2:03 pm

    im a tween actress, too!!! i do plays in bucks county playhouse, new hope, PA! if any of you guys saw a production of Annie there in 2005, let me know!

  41. Alexandra on July 6th, 2008 2:03 pm

    but i doubt any of you did. too bad LOL!!

  42. Zoe on July 6th, 2008 2:45 pm

    I do community theater. That’s really all we have here in my small town

  43. Jessica on July 6th, 2008 4:27 pm

    See, we don’t have a community theatre near me. Which really sux bcuz i love acting! but i REALLY love writing stories. If ya wanna hear some of one, just let me kno :)

  44. Ashleigh on July 6th, 2008 5:20 pm

    not to brag but im an amazing writer, everyone says so even my really strict teacher, well anyways i write music cause i play guitar, and sing writing lyrics is fun

  45. Ashleigh on July 6th, 2008 5:59 pm

    hey char my little sis and i share this computer and email, and she was wondering if she would be allow dto comment?

  46. Ashleigh on July 6th, 2008 6:00 pm

    here she is now

  47. Sophie on July 6th, 2008 6:11 pm

    Hi, my name is Sophie as you can see, and I’m Ashleigh’s little sister! I’m really her half sister, but we live together. You should check out my sis’s and my website, just click on my name. By the way I’m 11, and my sis is turning 13, my bday isn’t for awhile. I have seven dolls: Ivy, Ruthie, Nicki, Josefina, Marisol, Kaya, and I just got the Just like you doll:Light skin, blond layered hair, blue eyes, earrings
    Item# F5230!
    I have a lot of AG furniture here is some of my favorite pieces.(look on AG):Julie’s bedroom collection,Mia’s bedroom collection, Josefina’s bed, and the Just like you bedroom furniture set, I have all of Kit’s furniture and accessories, cause my mommy send me money for my birthday etc. since I live with my daddy and new mommy! I also own everything of Kayas! I have a bunch of the new outfits for the just like you dolls, like the jumper etc. I just like my big sis am an actress! Well I don’t know what else to say!

  48. Ashleigh on July 6th, 2008 6:12 pm

    u guys her comments r just awaiting moderation

  49. Ashleigh on July 6th, 2008 6:15 pm

    char y r my sis’s comments not showing

  50. Ashleigh on July 6th, 2008 6:19 pm

    First of all my sis Sophie is my half sister, her mom and my dad used to be married then got divorced now he rdad married my mom and had me. Sophie wasn’t born until a couple months after i was born, idk its weird guess she was born late she was due be4 me i guess anyway we r sisters and we live together, her mom now lives in californa and is remarried.
    okay for now this is what she said:

    Hi, my name is Sophie as you can see, and I’m Ashleigh’s little sister! I’m really her half sister, but we live together. You should check out my sis’s and my website, just click on my name. By the way I’m 12, and my sis is turning 13, my bday isn’t for awhile. I have seven dolls: Ivy, Ruthie, Nicki, Josefina, Marisol, Kaya, and I just got the Just like you doll:Light skin, blond layered hair, blue eyes, earrings
    Item# F5230!
    I have a lot of AG furniture here is some of my favorite pieces.(look on AG):Julie’s bedroom collection,Mia’s bedroom collection, Josefina’s bed, and the Just like you bedroom furniture set, I have all of Kit’s furniture and accessories, cause my mommy send me money for my birthday etc. since I live with my daddy and new mommy! I also own everything of Kayas! I have a bunch of the new outfits for the just like you dolls, like the jumper etc. I just like my big sis am an actress! Well I don’t know what else to say!

  51. Zoe on July 6th, 2008 7:35 pm

    Hi, Sophie!

  52. Sophie on July 6th, 2008 9:24 pm

    hi Zoe

  53. Sophie on July 6th, 2008 9:26 pm

    I love camp rock! OMG did you hear my sis is auditioning wish I could, but dad won’t let me! :( I love the song too cool:
    Too cool for my dress
    These shades don’t leave my head
    Everything you say is so irrelevant
    You follow and I lead
    You wanna be like me
    But you’re just a wannabe
    Love it or hate it

    I can’t help the way I am
    Hope you don’t misunderstand

    [Chorus:]
    But I’m too cool, too cool
    I’m too cool to know you
    Don’t take it personal
    Don’t get emotional
    You know it’s the truth
    I’m too cool for you

    You think your hot
    But I’m sorry you’re not
    Exactly who you think you are
    Can tell you what, that you haven’t got
    But when we walk into the room
    I’m too cool for you

    You’re lucky I’m so nice
    Even I’m surprised
    You are still allowed to be in my crew
    I’ll show you how it’s done
    If you want to be someone
    Just watch me and you’ll learn some

    Me, myself, and I agree
    You’ll never catch up with me

    ‘Cause I’m too cool, too cool
    I’m too cool to know you
    Don’t take it personal
    Don’t get emotional
    You know it’s the truth
    I’m too cool for you

    You think your hot
    But I’m sorry you’re not
    Exactly who do you think you are
    Can tell you what, that you haven’t got
    But when we walk into the room
    I’m too cool for you

    You see some are born with beauty
    Brains and talent and they got it all
    While others simply try all their lives
    Still they never get the call
    That’s the difference between you and me
    Obviously, I’m a natural,
    I’m the real deal, yeah

    I can’t help the way I am
    Hope you don’t misunderstand

  54. Sophie on July 6th, 2008 9:27 pm

    Bedtime :( see you guys tommorro!

  55. Sophie on July 6th, 2008 9:27 pm

    not really see more like talk to ya lol

  56. Sophie on July 6th, 2008 9:28 pm

    Did u know i sound just like the girl who sings too cool when i sing? Awesome right!

  57. Zoe on July 6th, 2008 9:40 pm

    Yeah! =)

  58. Jessica on July 6th, 2008 11:29 pm

    interesting…… well, I can’t wait to hear more from u, and all your good qualities…..

  59. Zoe on July 6th, 2008 11:29 pm

    I can’t wait!!! Jess is gonna come up here and spend like a week with me!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  60. Zoe on July 6th, 2008 11:29 pm

    YAY!!!

  61. Jessica on July 6th, 2008 11:31 pm

    YAYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe we can make some videos with our dolls, do ya think?

  62. Zoe on July 6th, 2008 11:33 pm

    I think yes =)

  63. Jessica on July 6th, 2008 11:34 pm

    I’d also look like Kirsten if I wore… blue contacts…. lol but i mean in the face we look EXACTLY the same. Plus, I moved, too, which wasnt dangerous but still very hard to adjust here.

  64. Sophie on July 7th, 2008 9:04 am

    I’m sorry Jess if I sounded snobby, that’s cool you guys are sisters right?

  65. Sophie on July 7th, 2008 9:28 am

    I love Nick Jonas!

  66. Zoe on July 7th, 2008 12:32 pm

    Yup! We’re fraternal twins

  67. Zoe on July 7th, 2008 12:32 pm

    Go Zoe! Go Zoe! It’s your birthday! Shake your groove thing!

  68. Jessica on July 7th, 2008 5:29 pm

    Go Jess! Go Jess! It’s my b-day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Teenager-dome, here I come!!!! (Zo-Zo and I are THIRTEEN today)!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, ZOE?!!!!!!!

  69. Jessica on July 7th, 2008 5:30 pm

    Btw, Sophie, it’s ok. No harm done :) hey, did u read Zoe’s review? It’s so good! BTW, if you ever wanna hear one of my stories, just let me kno! :)

  70. Jessica on July 7th, 2008 5:31 pm

    Hey, Char? Just to let you know, I emailed you my review of the Kit Kittredge movie, so I just was asking if you got it. Thanks! :)

  71. Sophie on July 7th, 2008 5:38 pm

    Happy Birthday guys! Did you know Ashleigh and I are going to a Jonas Brothers concert this month?!

  72. Ashleigh on July 7th, 2008 5:39 pm

    Yea I’m really excited bout going 2 da concert, we love nick!

  73. Zoe on July 7th, 2008 5:40 pm

    Oh, that’s cool. I might go to a Carrie Underwood concert in September

  74. sophie on July 7th, 2008 5:44 pm

    but i love nick more! lol jk ash

  75. Sophie on July 7th, 2008 7:51 pm

    anyone on im so bored

  76. Zoe on July 7th, 2008 9:36 pm

    i am now

  77. Sophie on July 8th, 2008 11:31 am

    Good Morning

  78. Zoe on July 8th, 2008 12:07 pm

    Mornin’

  79. Sophie on July 8th, 2008 12:12 pm

    ashleigh is sick

  80. Zoe on July 8th, 2008 12:58 pm

    Oh, that’s 2 bad :(

  81. Holly on July 8th, 2008 8:08 pm

    OMG! Can’t wait 2 see it! That would be cool(about Julie’s movie) awesomeness!!!!

  82. Zoe on July 9th, 2008 10:59 pm

    Me 2!!!

  83. Jessica on July 12th, 2008 6:00 pm

    Hey, Yall! Sry that Ashleigh is sick! Or is she not sick nymor Sophie?