Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front (2006)

Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

i loved the movie i thought out of them all that Emily was the best actor. I loved the script too. i can't wait to find out what the next American girl movie is about. I like the personality between each actor. i like the special effects. i think that this is the best American movie ever. i haven't read all of the molly books but i can't wait to read them.i watched this movie with my family and everyone enjoyed it. I would recommend this movie to anyone. I hope that everyone else that sees it likes it like i do. I do agree with the rest of the comments that other people wrote. Over all i loved this movie and i think that everyone should watch it.

I grew up on the American Girl series. So, naturally, I was very excited about the books being re-done as movies. The Molly movie was just terrible, and threw in too much that wasn't in the book. Since the movie took place in 1944, we would expect that Molly would have become long accustomed to the changes that US involvement in WW II brought. Instead, she whines her way through everything. The movie shows a world and a family that managed to pass through 1942 and 1943 relatively untouched. In the books, she was excited about Emily's coming from England to stay with her family. Her father was away in Europe until the very end; he did not "suddenly" decide to enlist. What happened to her stay at summer camp, her troubles with multiplication, or her school's war assistance drive? Moreover, the finale never happened. Molly did not perform in the tap recital--she got sick from trying to curl her hair and sleep on it while it was wet. Can they get much worse? I hope not.

I watched this movie with my six year old daughter and my Mom. First let me say that this a good family movie...they seem to be rare today! We all enjoyed the story of Molly and her family set during WW II. It was a first glimpse of the WW II era for my first grade daughter. My Mom was in fourth grade when her father went off to serve in the war so she could really relate to the story and enjoyed it a great deal. At one point during the movie my mother remarked "this is quite a history lesson". The story is so interesting that most kids won't even realize that they are learning as well as being entertained.This a a must see for everyone, not just American Girl Fans. A very interesting history lesson!

This movie was pretty good overall. The story was poignant, the messages on friendship and doing your best were really good, and the acting was...well...it wasn't awful. Some of Mrs. McIntyre's lines sounded really forced and often the message was on the heavy-handed side, but the charm of the movie outweighs all these flaws. Molly was a pretty good character, but Emily stole all the scenes they were in. Emily and Mr. McIntyre were the best two characters, but the other ones were pretty cute too.Molly and the other characters learned about adversity and how to overcome it and this is a good message for everyone to learn. The production values were awesome too--they really captured the essence of the era. And the movie clips really helped put what was going on in the world in perspective. This movie is good for the whole family but the adults will have to forgive some of the dialogue for its obviousness.