This highly anticipated movie came out July 2nd, 2008. Starring Abigail Breslin, Julia Ormond, Chris O' Donnel, and Joan Cusack; this movie is packed with a star studded cast. Loosely based on the six books in the Kit Kittredge series, this movie is beauiful, telling the story of nine year old Kit who dreams of being published in the Cincinnati Register. So when her father leaves to find a job, her mother takes in boarders, and hobos come to work for them; she finds a bunch of things to write about. But when a thief comes around, will Kit and her friends, Ruthie and Sterling, figure out the criminal before it's too late? And why won't her father write? These questions and more are answered in this phenomenal movie, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.Good Parts:
It's terribly important to Kit that she solve the case and get back her mom's money, because if she doesn't, they'll lose their house and maybe their family. Family unity is a huge deal to Kit—and this movie. When her dad tells her he can't find work in Ohio and must go to Chicago for a while, Kit cries, "You said we were going to be OK. We're not OK if we're not together!" Indeed, it's not OK until Dad comes back home.
Kit struggles with embarrassment and shame when she and her family join the ranks of those who have to raise chickens and sell eggs to make ends meet. But by film's end, she's come fully to grips with her situation, and has found lots of ways to make sweet lemonade out of the sour lemons the economy has handed her and her neighbors. For his part, Dad becomes an object lesson in never giving up when times get tough. "Don't let it beat you," he tells Kit. "We can't let it beat us, sweetheart." Then he takes his own advice.
Kit struggles with embarrassment and shame when she and her family join the ranks of those who have to raise chickens and sell eggs to make ends meet. But by film's end, she's come fully to grips with her situation, and has found lots of ways to make sweet lemonade out of the sour lemons the economy has handed her and her neighbors. For his part, Dad becomes an object lesson in never giving up when times get tough. "Don't let it beat you," he tells Kit. "We can't let it beat us, sweetheart." Then he takes his own advice.
Bad Parts:
Very few. The thieves chase the children through the woods, finally trapping them in the hobo camp. There's a brief scuffle and then someone clangs the flat part of a shovel against a baddie's head. That dissuades any further confrontation. A "darn," a "holy cow," a "golly" and three exclamations of "oh my gosh." Name-calling is limited to one "moron" and accusations of "good for nothing" and "freeloader."
Summary:
I loved this movie and it is one of my favorites! The acting was great, the story line was very intriguing, and the message was good. I highly recommend this movie to anyone!
*Parts of Review taken from Plugged In Online. No Copyright Infringment Intended; for entertainment use only. I do not own anything*
1 comment:
I have seen all of the other American Girl movies, but not this one. I used to want a Kit doll =)
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