Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)

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Studio: New Line Cinema
Rating: G
Release Date: Jun 20, 2008
Running Time: 100 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
Country Of Origin: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Bright, inquisitive and generous, Kit Kittredge is a natural born leader. But her happy childhood is abruptly interrupted when her father loses his car dealership and must leave Cincinnati to look for work. Kit and her mother Margaret are left to manage on their own, growing vegetables, selling eggs and even taking in an assortment of boarders including an itinerant magician, a vivacious dance instructor on the prowl for a husband and a zany mobile librarian. When a crime spree sweeps Cincinnati, all signs point to the local "hobo jungle." Kit, who always has her antennae out for a good news story, goes to see the hobo camp for herself and writes an article that creates a sympathetic portrait of the camp's residents. But, when Kit's mother and their boarders become the latest victims in a string of robberies, Kit's loyalties are tested. With all of their savings gone, the Kittredges face losing their house to foreclosure. Determined to recover the stolen money, Kit recruits her friends Ruthie and Stirling to help her track down the real culprit. Together they uncover a plot that goes far beyond Cincinnati!
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Mr. Berk
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Mr. Gibson
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Will Shepherd
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Kit Kittredge is a harmless, old-fashioned, very G-rated family film. In this case, though, the 'G' stands for girls only.

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Based on the popular American Girl series of books and doll line, this first edition focuses on Kit Kittredge (Abigail Breslin), an aspiring young cub reporter who, during the Great Depression, finds her sunny world turned upside down when her father's (Chris O'Donnell) car dealership goes under, and he must leave Cincinnati to find other work. This leaves Kit and her… Continued