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I heart this movie. DD and I just went and although she is a bit on the young side, she enjoyed it too. It was just so wholesome in a world teeming with yucky media for girls. It made me want to don my old girl scout uniform and do some good.
It had enough story to keep the adult interested. Even DS would have enjoyed it (although he wouldn't have admitted it because girls are yucky). There was a slight Scooby Doo ending moment "...and we would have got away with it if it wasn't for you kids!" but I'm enthralled enough to let it pass.
Interestingly, it was set in Depression era Cincinnati but filmed in Toronto. This boggles my mind because I'm quite sure they could find some hobo camps and Depression era housing here quite easily. An economically depressed region is NOT a stretch for this town. Besides a movie in Cincinnati that fails to show the river, its bridges, or paddleboats misses some of the authenticity.
It was so cute to see all the little girls with their dolls watching the movie. (I'm sure that this is a marketing bonanza for the American Girl Doll company. We should probably buy up some stock). I have a funny feeling that an American Girl Doll will be DD's big Christmas present this year.
As an aside, Julie Ormond is AWESOME. She is a beautiful actress full of grace who has seemed to shun Hollywood's need to plastify (made up word) every aspect of their face so that they fail to look like women, let alone women old enough to be mothers.
Kelly
It had enough story to keep the adult interested. Even DS would have enjoyed it (although he wouldn't have admitted it because girls are yucky). There was a slight Scooby Doo ending moment "...and we would have got away with it if it wasn't for you kids!" but I'm enthralled enough to let it pass.
Interestingly, it was set in Depression era Cincinnati but filmed in Toronto. This boggles my mind because I'm quite sure they could find some hobo camps and Depression era housing here quite easily. An economically depressed region is NOT a stretch for this town. Besides a movie in Cincinnati that fails to show the river, its bridges, or paddleboats misses some of the authenticity.
It was so cute to see all the little girls with their dolls watching the movie. (I'm sure that this is a marketing bonanza for the American Girl Doll company. We should probably buy up some stock). I have a funny feeling that an American Girl Doll will be DD's big Christmas present this year.
As an aside, Julie Ormond is AWESOME. She is a beautiful actress full of grace who has seemed to shun Hollywood's need to plastify (made up word) every aspect of their face so that they fail to look like women, let alone women old enough to be mothers.
Kelly
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