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(1 - 20) of 20 OFCS Rating: 75% Fresh Page   1   "'Kit Kittredge' presents a wonderful role model for pre-teen girls -- and a humanistic history lesson about the Great Depression for all viewers."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 2/5 "Quick -- name three subjects you think would result in a surefire family film hit. If you said The Great Depression, hobo culture, and the social pariah realities of both, you'll love this movie."   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron D "Kit Kittredge is hopelessly vanilla entertainment, and while it's sure to please some matinee attendees, it's going to feel like a demonic endurance ritual to the less inclined."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf B "High production values, and a cast that includes Joan Cusack and Stanley Tucci, elevate the movie above its after-school-special limitations."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 5/10 "Kit Kittredge is, as her movie and doll-line assert, An American Girl, and so she'll need to face up to her national history, embrace her responsibility, and learn a useful life lesson to boot."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/5 "A cute dog, feisty kids, and a great big happy ending, everything an American Girl fan would want out of the movie. That's enough to please the parents, too."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius C "Its realism is Hollywood at its most hokey."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "Paved with such good intentions that it's a shame to have to criticize it. Alas, said good intentions cannot stop the picture from being a decidedly dull and eventless experience."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 3/4 "For a G-rated film, Kit Kittredge's profound insight into the breakdown of society and families during the Depression and the country's subsequent rebirth is surprising."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B "The movie gets by largely on its guileless, upbeat charm, and on those same qualities as found in Abigail Breslin."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3/4 "Rozema delivers an elegantly spry children's tale about nostalgic hardship and growing pains in the overly sentimental but uniquely inspiring Kit Kittredge."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng B- "At a time when kidflicks have turned raucous and crude, its inoffensive sweetness makes it a positively endearing throwback."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "A superb family film set in the Depression era that salutes the spiritual values of openness and hospitality in the face of class prejudice."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat "There's no reason why, if little girls are perfectly capable of enjoying the adventures of Harry Potter, little boys shouldn't be capable of enjoying the adventures of Kit Kittredge..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "When I have children, this is the kind of movie I hope they will like. It's intelligent, it's meaningful, and it doesn't condescend to kids. In fact, it actually encourages kids to think."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "Three cheers for Kit and for producer Julia Roberts for making this movie everything the devoted fans of the American Girls series hope for."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow B "The acting is very good from this talented cast and the story is well-constructed and compelling."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "This is the kind of girls' film that the dads out there won't mind taking their daughters to and, I say, will enjoy it as well."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "Kit Kittredge is a gentle-spirited movie that also acknowledges the fact that we can't -- and shouldn't -- protect kids from everything."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 8/10 "A brand-new chick flick for the pre-teen set, it's sweetly wholesome and unabashedly sentimental."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger  (1 - 20) of 20 OFCS Rating: 75% Fresh Page   1