It is always interesting when movies establish a dark setting and show it from a child's point of view (for example, La Vita E Bella chooses a concentration camp or The Florida Project chooses a housing project).
In Kit Kittredge, it is the Great Depression. The movie's greatest asset is that it succeeds in capturing the era and the atmosphere accurately. The struggle, the fear of an uncertain future, but also the optimism seen through a child's innocent eyes.
On the other hand, it can't be denied that it is predictable, doesn't avoid the cliches, tries too hard to be politically correct and the ending is too feel-good to be true, but that is to be expected in a movie whose primary target audience is the kids.
In Kit Kittredge, it is the Great Depression. The movie's greatest asset is that it succeeds in capturing the era and the atmosphere accurately. The struggle, the fear of an uncertain future, but also the optimism seen through a child's innocent eyes.
On the other hand, it can't be denied that it is predictable, doesn't avoid the cliches, tries too hard to be politically correct and the ending is too feel-good to be true, but that is to be expected in a movie whose primary target audience is the kids.