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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: This classy, heart-on-its-sleeve movie is packed with laudable life lessons and Depression-era trivia. Read more
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: The edifying lesson -- that helping others brings out the best in us -- should sit well with everyone. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: It's not only fresh and unassuming, but a film that serves, very nicely, the severely underserved audience of young girls. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: This is a sweet, G-rated story of 1930s girl power, with nary a princess in sight. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: This tale of a little girl's determination and grit during the Depression is an honest-to-goodness family movie, one that parents and children can enjoy equally and together. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: There's nothing remotely cool about Kit Kittredge. That's why it's cool. Read more
Michael Ordona, Los Angeles Times: It appeals to kids while evoking genuine emotion without excessive sentimentality. Read more
Jessica Reaves, Chicago Tribune: I predict with great confidence that the big-screen debut of the American Girl brand will be a resounding success. This rosy prediction is based partly on the fact that Kit Kittredge is a solidly made movie...and partly on the fact that the America Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: The first feature film based on the highly popular American Girl book series -- there have already been three made-for-television American Girl movies -- plays out like a sweet-souled Nancy Drew mystery. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is rife with feisty, generous pleasures. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A gently thoughtful, audience-appropriate entertainment that assembles swell actors to play colorful characters who don't shy away from depicting serious hard times. Read more
Amy Nicholson, I.E. Weekly: It's hard to dislike a tween picture that opens with Eleanor Roosevelt, but if explaining mortgage meltdowns to their tots doesn't sent parents screaming, the performances will. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: [I continue] to cling stubbornly to the dowdy notion that kids deserve better than a sugarcoated portrait of our past or, for that matter, our present. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: A thoroughly satisfying and engaging children's picture that never forgets those kids probably didn't get to the theater by themselves. Read more
Rafer Guzman, Newsday: The overall glow remains golden, of course. But with a dash of realism and more than a little intelligence, Kit Kittredge becomes a kiddie film that's worth an adult ticket, too. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: While the script feels a little stiff and moralistic at times, it's hard to fault a film with such an intelligent, good-hearted heroine. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: One of the 10 best American movies released so far this year, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is the surprisingly satisfying first theatrical film inspired by a long-running series of historically themed dolls. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: The movie and its pint-size star clear all hurdles subtly and valiantly with a surplus of charm, saving Kit Kittredge: American Girl from blandness and turning it into one of the summer's most pleasing surprises. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: For what it is and for whom it's intended (young children), Kit Kittredge works and works wonderfully. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Considering that it is inspired by one of the dolls in the American Girl product line, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is some kind of a miracle: an actually good movie. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Kit Kittredge is a gentle-spirited movie that also acknowledges the fact that we can't -- and shouldn't -- protect kids from everything. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: Kit Kittredge is proof of how far you can get with the right screenwriter -- in this instance one versed in Children's Adventures 101 -- and director. Read more
Christy DeSmith, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Smart, empathetic, fun loving and, best of all, a delight for all audiences. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: Though predictable and unabashedly sentimental, the film is a warmly appealing tale of a bright girl bravely navigating tough times. Read more
Lael Loewenstein, Variety: Plucky, likable and determined to succeed, much like its heroine, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is a throwback to the kinds of movies they don't make anymore. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: The tweener girls for whom it is aimed deserve better. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Read more