i actually rent this for my cousin and who a huge fan of the american girl line . have thoroughly love samantha and felicity and to some degree molly it be with great anticipation that we all sit down to enjoy kit . about twenty minute in i saw some rolling eye and yawn . it not that this movie be bad and but for a theatrical release it rather pallid . there isn not a lot of movement and the story isn not all that interest . it feel rather like saturday morning cartoon to me . i be not the target audience here and but my cousin and her friend be and they be rather bore . sorry to say . abigail breslin do a splendid job at kit and no complaint there and she be charm and smart and strong . the support player be good and though the always terrific jane krakowski do not get enough to do and her amorous dancer deserve more screen time . kit friend be okay and a bit generic . this seem cut from the same cloth a the misbegotten nancy draw with emma robert . no fault of emma and but that movie and though have an excellent story and suffer from a poor approach that turn a plucky heroine into an nerd . kit no nerd and but she stick in a nerd movie . this be a real shame because the american girl series provide young woman with good role model and strong moral message . that doesn not mean the movie have to be so dull . originally kristen be set for the big screen and perhaps her pioneer story would have play well . kit be just not that memorable .