American Girl Doll Movie Trailer - SNL

A movie trailer introduces a live-action story for American Girl dolls as they travel to the modern world.

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[matthewjarek]

I actually like the premise of this movie: A bunch of time displaced girls from different eras with tragic backstories team up to travel through time and try and prevent the wars and disasters that affected their lives. LOTS of potential there.

[erinpowers]

Those under-nourished girls were the foundation of my entire childhood

[LynzeeFord]

MAJOR PROPS, to the costume department on this one! Especially Samantha & Addy!

[Valentina-nghh]

Here is the thing with American girl doll books. They were BRUTALLY honest about history, and WE LOVED THEM. Not only were these stories amazing but it was a great way to learn REAL things that happened back then. Sadly if these books were released today you know they would be banned. Little girls now are missing out big time since the original American Girl dolls were discontinued.

[OvSpP]

American girl dolls carry more trauma than a toy left in Sid’s room.

[daydreamcomedianne]

Don't forget Felicity and the psychological turmoil of her best friend being a loyalist during the American revolution, and that time she had to steal a horse that was being abused by the town drunk!

[AmaraEmme]

American Girl was groundbreaking for their dedication to historical accuracy of material culture (including the material culture of people who weren’t rich), how they introduce kids to some of the horrors of history in an age-appropriate way, and how they focused on a more racially and culturally diverse set of characters than any doll series before it. As a kid, I knew I was holding something special when my Addy’s drinking gourd was made of real gourd, when my friend’s Kaya had real abalone in her hair, or when my sister’s Josefina’s accessories were made of real leather. Real cotton, wool, wood, feathers. Working metal whistles. Work dresses, not just ballgowns. AG captured the everyday reality of regular preteen girls, instead of telling the same story of an older rich teen who never had to do menial work. And it did so in a tactile, immersive way.

Ofc the irony is that the products were unaffordable for most girls, and there were some historical inaccuracies, but overall I appreciate the scholarly foundation of the series. There’s a cool article on the academic committee behind Addy that had to decide how to introduce rich preteen girls to slavery and racism, what type of slave to make Addy, how much trauma to give her, how dark to make her skin, how textured to make her hair, etc.

[abhayjoijode]

"Nobody said hi to me :(" Addy was my favorite American Girl! There is one passage where she is talking about how her family is moving into a nicer place and she is excited about having "Two whole rooms! And the apartment had a stove so Mama could cook their meals" that I still remember 20 years later because I was happy for her! but at the same time she had to go through so much and she was so bright and kind and loved reading and even with all of her trauma she was still able to excel in school.

[CalamityCannon]

The profile of the chonky little foot is so scarily accurate to AG dolls - just a wonderfully hilarious contrast to the (also distorted) Barbie high heel. God is in the details 😂

[thinagarrett]

This is an SNL script I can get behind. I grew up playing with American Girl dolls and they’re under-appreciated even by the people who get so mad that Barbie dolls don’t support healthy beauty stereotypes or any of that.

[hawkfirequeen]

As a former die-hard American Girl fan, I now want an American Girl movie where they all meet each other.

And I can't believe they didn't mention Samantha's best friend being an orphan child laborer raising her younger sisters or Kit almost getting run over by a train while escaping from prison.

[Cappuccino_]

Tbh the addy American girl doll book was the first book that made me cry. I was in the fourth grade when I read it. The pain she had to endure as a slave, and being separated from her family, I can’t imagine the pain of losing your family forever.

[markojones]

It shouldn’t be funny but the girl saying “Look what I can do” and then coughing up that blood cracks me up! 🤣

[patriciasalem]

OMG, dying. I worked for American Girl when they were still Pleasant Company and there was no internet. Famous people would call and order dolls and accessories for their daughters. We had to go to doll training school to learn all those horrific stories. 😅 Nailed it.

[christinemerritt]

“From the girls who play soccer magazine” could not have been more historically accurate.

[amyecorbin]

As an adult American Girl Doll collector, I am so happy they pronounced Josefina's name correctly.

[shahartley]

Ego as Addy was perfect. And I remember reading those books over & over. Great time to have grown up.

[kirstenpaff]

Sometimes I do question my family's decision to introduce me to the American Girl books when I was 5.
Also, not knowing her exact birth date was the least traumatic part of Addy's story. She was forced to eat bugs as a punishment, saw people being brutally beaten, watched her father and brother be sold off, had to leave behind her grandparents and baby sister to escape to freedom, traveled at night through unfamiliar territory in constant fear of being tracked down by her enslavers, and almost got caught by a group of Confederate soldier, all in book one.

[robynmoroz]

Okay, but those first couple Addy books were traumatizing, they nailed this!

[jenaminton]

Honestly, that's why I love American Girl dolls because they dealt with personal issues. Josefina is my favorite. I'm glad that her aunt Tia Dolores ended up becoming her stepmother in the end.