: Samantha: an American Girl Holiday
I did not know anything about “American Girl” dolls prior to this film, but they sound like a neat idea: a line of young girl dolls from various points in history so that children can learn about history by exploring the lives of these doll characters. The “Samantha” doll/character in this movie is a girl from 1904 New York and in the story she befriends a working class girl and learns about the working conditions of child labor in that period. It’s well done with impressive acting for such young girls, and the story, while not being profoundly deep, isn’t totally smaltzy and has some emotional impact. Definitely the kind of thing you wouldn’t mind your daughter watching. The DVD has some interesting extras that explain the whole “American Girl” doll phenomenon.
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