Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

...is a business." Abigail Breslin, 13, an Oscar nominee for "Little Miss Sunshine" who co-stars in "Zombieland," earned $2 million for her work in "Nim's Island" and again in "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," sources say. (Unlike Cyrus, she...

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...during the Great Depression. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is directed by Patricia Rozema (Mansfield Park) from a screenplay by Ann Peacock (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe). The film's all-star ensemble...

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...or bad or just very strange." Breslin, who got an Oscar nomination for her role in the film "Little Miss Sunshine" and has starred in "Nim's Island" and "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," started acting at 5. Her first film was M. Night...

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...Kit is 10 years old - and literally a doll. Impersonated here by Little Miss Sunshine star Abigail Breslin, Kit was born as one of the historical-period dolls marketed by the American Girl empire. Set in 1934 Cincinnati, the movie begins by...

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With Abigail Breslin in the title role, childlike exuberance is guaranteed. Much as she did in "Little Miss Sunshine," Breslin imbues Kit with joy. She's always bright-eyed and smiling, overcoming her difficult circumstances. "Kit...

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Breslin's latest vehicle, My Sister's Keeper, which opens today, is dramatically more serious than some of her earlier work, like Kit Kittredge: An American Girl and Definitely, Maybe and she knows audiences may have a hard time getting...

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...family, friends and those in need. In the movie, nine-year-old Kit (Abigail Breslin of "Little Miss Sunshine") is a spunky kid reporter trying to place stories to her town paper, the Cincinnati Register. When her own dad loses his job,...

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...to carry the American Girl brand onto the silver screen. Kit (Abigail Breslin) has the true grit to make it through the Depression in "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl." Kit's house replicated in the plaza at Hancock American Girl...

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I think The Bres is tougher than her unassuming exterior lets on. Little Miss Sunshine is no joke as aspiring journalist and general do-gooder Kit Kittredge. However, I was one of only five males in the theater watching the movie......

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