To my 10-year-old daughter, the term “American Girl” means “that store my meanie of a mom—unlike all the other, higher-quality moms—won’t let me go near.” While we’re on the defensive, why should I?

Considering that it is inspired by one of the dolls in the American Girl product line, “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl” is some kind of a miracle: an actually good movie. I expected so much less. I ...

Considering that the prime motive for making Kit Kittredge: An American Girl was probably to sell more dolls, this is a better film than one might expect. Based on an enormously popular line of toys ...

For more than 20 years, American Girl dolls and books have been big sellers. Now the series is going to the movies. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl opens this week in selected cities — and nationwide ...

"Mom, why was that movie so long?" That is how my nine year old felt about "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl." Although the film carried a message behind the slow forward movement of the story I think ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Getting movie fans to relate to a young heroine based on a doll living in the 1930s is no easy task, but the makers of "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" think they have one ...

The American Girl dolls debuted in the late 1980's and enjoyed phenomenal popularity. Followed by a series of books by Valerie Tripp, young girls everywhere became enamored with stories based on ...