GC Movie Review - Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

After learning the truth that her dad has lost his used car business and he would have to leave for Chicago the make some money, Kit sets her mind on helping her mom to keep the family together. While her dad is gone, Kit’s mom (Julie Ormond) decides to take in a mish-mosh of boarders, a magician Mr. played by (Stanley Tucci), a vivacious dancer (Jane Krakowski) a wacky mobile libraian (Joan Cusack) and allows, Will and Countee, two local hobos (Max Thieriot and Willow Smith) to work around the house for food.

All the while, Kit is tightening up her journalistic skills by corresponding with her dad while he is away and updating him on all the crazy shenanigans that are taking place around the house. She even visits the hobo village with Will and Countee to better understand how they live. Obviously, there is no comparison, and Kit realizes that she doesn’t have it half this bad. Soon after, she writes an article about the hobos in order for people to understand who they are and how they struggled to survive.

After several attempts to have the editor of the Cincinnati Register newspaper, Mr. Gibson, (Wallace Shawn) to run her story, and after he realizes that there is something remarkable about this annoyingly aggressive little girl, he reads her story and decides to run it. Kit is officially a reporter!

With all of the mischief Kit gets herself into, you never forget her true heart is for people. She simply desires to “change “ things - with words, to humanize the homeless, to rescue her family from poverty, to write the truth and to build a foundation for her future. She is very compassionate and clear about her desire to make things better. She loves people, they are the essence of her existence.

Kit has an uncanny way of drawing others into her adventure. She does it so well, you don’t even mind the intrusion.

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is full of fun, mystery, fear and compassion. If there is a little girl in your life; daughter, grand-daughter, niece or neighbor, this I a great film to expose her to in order to help her better understand thinking of others first, always believing in herself, living her dreams and never giving up.