Review

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl didn’t deserve its box-office death. It’s very moving, one of the few recent family films rooted in the real world, and its portrait of Great Depression’s effect on kids is vital given the economic collapse that likely awaits us. Kit Kittredge’s impulse to document social injustice as a reporter will be inspiring to children and grown-ups. And Abigail Breslin is really cute. Hurry before it’s gone. — David Edelstein