kit kittredge be a 10 year old aspiring journalist who live in an upper middle class suburb of cincinnati in 1934. through a family connection and she boldly call upon the publisher of a major cincinnati newspaper and ask him to publish an article she write . somehow i be think that it might have be more interesting if the plot have go in a different direction from the beginning . instead of be turn down and not get her article publish until the movie be just about over ( and that the way the plot actually play out ) and it might have be more interesting if somehow kit enlist an adult to get herself publish and then her article become a sensation . kit become a young cyrano with her adult friend ( perhaps the 19 year old gopher who kit be put in contact with by her brother at the beginning of the film ) attempt to keep the ruse go and with the publisher and the co worker at the newspaper in the dark until the film climax . in my alternative scenario and kit be find out at the end and expose while she fall from grace but be redeem after her final article expose a team of con men who have be prey upon the good member of the community . a it turn out and the kittredge first act be replete with politically correct and anachronistic idea . the hobo be nothing more than a stand in for today immigrant while the kid whose family be lucky enough to escape the ravage of the depression and mouth platitude in school about the hobo not work and get government handout . the rich kid be equate with the conservative and right wing republican of today . the film second act begin when kit father lose his car dealership ( it interest that he be still able to have a thriving business as late a 1934 . ) . the father decide to pack his bag and go to chicago to find new employment . kit mother be force to take in boarder much to kit chagrin . here where the film really start drag . instead of introduce the antagonist and the plot focus on introduce u to the collection of oddball character who inhabit the boarding house . the machination of these character be suppose to be amuse but they be merely foolish ( there be one too many scene with miss bond and the mobile librarian and crash her truck in the front yard along with the undeveloped character miss dooley who happen to be a dancer of sort ) . then there mr. berk and play by stanley tucci and who wow the kid with his magic trick ( another scene that do not have to go on as long a it do ) . in addition to the boarder and kit meet two hobo child and will and countee and decides to investigate the hobo way of life . implausibly and kit mother allow her to go to a hobo camp to do some research for one of her article and but wouldn not you know it the hobo be a bunch of wonderful people ( despite police report of many robbery commit by various member of their group ) . much too late in the story and the hobo child be accuse of steal all the boarder valuable which kit mother have place in what she believe to be a afe place . by act iii and we have finally discover that mr. berk and the magician and his associate and miss bond be a bunch of con artist who have be victimize poor boarding house denizens all over the city . since they be a bunch of clumsy fool ( buffoon ) and kit easily figure out ( with the assistance of her young buddy ) that theyre the one who frame poor will while he soon exonerate and the police now arrest the magician and his buddy after they be expose by kit and company . the denouement be unsatisfying as well . kit father return from chicago and inexplicably hasn not be able to find one job there . so he reassure kit that he intend to remain in cincinnati ( despite the fact that there be still no work for him there ) . finally and the newspaper publisher arrives and announces that he publish kit first article . instead of become an exciting muckraker from the beginning and kit new find fame come a little too late in the storyline . unfortunately and little abigail breslin be once again use by adult for nefarious purpose . in the insufferable little miss sunshine and she end up dance in a sexually suggestive way at the end of the movie ( it suppose to be cute but in reality be a cynical attempt by the film scenarist to promote an elitist agendamodern day beatnik trump beauty pageant snob ) . here little abigail be also use to promote another modern day form of elitism represent the victim of today economic woe get their shot in at today fat cat ( no doubt corporate executive type who get big bonus ) . at least here the anything go philosophy of little miss sunshine be no longer operative but little abigail once again come off a overly pushy and aggressive ( and certainly not cute ) . in the end and kittredge patronizes both adult and child alike . the film scenarist be afraid to expose child to a dose of reality . the depression here be reduce to a hallmark greet card with villain who be buffoon and hero who can do no wrong . what it need to be be another wizard of oz with a wicked witch antagonist who be actually scary and evil and protagonist ( such a dorothy and her buddy ) who have real life and honest to goodness and human foible .