SummaryFrom girls playing in the attic to women living with purpose, the March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy—are committed to always supporting each other. Yet, growing up sometimes means growing apart. An aspiring writer, Jo leaves for New York determined to publish a novel. In the wake of rejected draft upon draft, her editor challenges Jo to write ab... Read More
Directed By:Clare Niederpruem
Written By:Louisa May Alcott, Clare Niederpruem, Kristi Shimek
Little Women
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40
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Sep 28, 2018
75
For devotees, the essence of the Little Women story remains, and, for newcomers, it is a sweet film that should inspire them to explore the book and the more traditional adaptations. It has a sad loss, a joyful reunion, a love story, a writer finding her voice, and one of the most endearing families in literature.
Sep 28, 2018
50
First-time feature director Clare Niederpruem gives it her very earnest all, but falls short both on continuity issues (a smoldering curling iron, for example, is dropped to the floor and immediately forgotten) and on making her gradually aging cast match up.
Sep 28, 2018
50
This Little Women adaptation is faithful to a fault, which results in a very strange world where this group of five present-day women depends on men for their social lives and careers — basically anything that gets them out of their cozy house of feminine fantasy.
Sep 27, 2018
50
This contemporary adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s enduring classic is certainly admirable in its attempt to give the material a modern spin. However, what’s new only serves to frustrate and detract from the reasons why this material has been beloved for generations.
Sep 27, 2018
42
While there’s certainly room to explore Alcott’s biggest themes in the lives of modern women, here the results feel more hammy than revelatory.
Sep 26, 2018
30
A serviceable cast of unfamiliar actors (the exception: Thompson as the family matriarch, Marmee); a serviceable script that takes few if any chances, with occasional wordless montages of shiny happy people; and serviceable direction that gets the job done and nothing more.
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Oct 3, 2018
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This should have been straight to dvd or, one of those awful lifetime movies they show on television. I don't even think little kids would like it because Jo just seems to be angry all the time, Marmee is pretty much nonexistent, and there's an obvious older guy that plays Laurie. They could have found a decent actor to play Laurie, but they didn't. The whole thing seemed lazy as though they didn't really care how the updated version came across. The essence of what Alcott was trying to get across isn't there. This version is just as redundant as the one they did in 2017 with a grown-up Amy. I do not recommend this film.
Production Company:
- Main Dog Productions
- Escapology
- Good Guys Productions
- Paulist Productions
Release Date:Sep 28, 2018
Duration:1 h 52 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:New generation, same sisters.
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