Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) is a family mystery you can watch online on iFILM. It unfolds during the Great Depression: nine-year-old Kit's father loses his business and leaves town for work, and the family teeters on the edge of losing their home.

To cover the bills, Kit and her mother open the house to boarders — a colorful bunch carrying a trunkful of strange stories. Then the lockbox holding all the family's money vanishes. Suspicion lands fast on Kit's new friend Will, a homeless boy riding the rails, but she won't believe for a second that he did it. Armed with a would-be reporter's notebook, she sets out to find the real thief herself — and drags her friends into serious trouble along the way. Abigail Breslin plays Kit, alongside Julia Ormond, Chris O'Donnell, Stanley Tucci, and Joan Cusack.

Director Patricia Rozema made the first feature built on the American Girl dolls and books — kind without turning sugary, and honest about poverty and trust. It plays beautifully on a family night with kids. Stream Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) online on iFILM.