
Little Women (2019)
Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, and Eliza Scanlen (Grace) are four sisters who come of age in the aftermath of the Civil War in this period drama from Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird). Timothée Chalamet and Meryl Streep co-star.
- Director:
- Greta Gerwig ('Lady Bird', 'Nights and Weekends')
- Writer:
- Greta Gerwig
- Cast:
- Saoirse RonanEmma WatsonFlorence PughEliza ScanlenLaura DernTimothée ChalametTracy LettsBob OdenkirkJames NortonLouis GarrelMeryl Streep
Reviews & comments
Minus one or two specifically odd directing choices, I found this movie to be quite a delight. Combined with otherwise seamless direction and editing, the use of colour was especially beautiful as a tool to weave us through time, without throwing up endless numbers at the audience. The film does not over-indulge or over-romanticise, and it succeeds where...
"I want to be great, or nothing." Safe to say, this movie chose great.
Greta Gerwig once again delivers in her reimagination of Little Women, and it is very good. The performances by the entire cast is beautiful; Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, basically everyone is amazing in this movie. The writing and directing by Gerwig is very well done. As well as the cinematography by Yorick Le Saux, it is...

New Zealand Listener
pressA lovely rendition as well as an emotional roller coaster, this timeless story of love, family and strong-willed women is truly a film for today’s audiences of all ages and sexes.

FilmInk
press...often seems altered, confused and simplified from original intention. Despite its imperfections and faults, this bright, sisterhood saga is full of joy, which audiences will no doubt embrace.

Sydney Morning Herald
pressIt's a masterful, passionate, all-in kind of adaptation. As the sports commentators say, Gerwig should podium in coming contests.

Newshub
pressIt's no mean feat to take original source material like this, a story first published in the late 1800s, and deliver to the here and now. Gerwig and her fabulous cast do this with the script, their robust authentic performances and their commitment to a bracingly chaotic realism, showing us how women really communicate; with vigour, passion and much hilarity.

Stuff
pressAn engrossing movie filled with memorable incident, colourful characters and heartwarming and wrenching drama, Little Women is a reminder of the transportative and allegorical powers of cinema. Make a date to see this with the significant women in your life.

Vanity Fair
pressIt's often a lovely experience, to sit with Gerwig's ardor, to feel the warming beam of her cast radiating off the screen. I left the theater with eyes brimming. I only wish that the film's spell was cast a bit less briskly...

Empire Magazine
pressIf there were any remaining doubts that Greta Gerwig is a major talent in American cinema, put them to rest now.

The Guardian
pressThere's nothing little about Greta Gerwig's rich, warm, bustlingly populated and passionately devoted new tribute to Louisa May Alcott's classic novel of sisterhood.

Variety
pressAs one might hope, Gerwig's interpretation does right by the material, sticking to the original period and setting and assembling a dream cast to play the March siblings.

Hollywood Reporter
pressGerwig has taken a treasured perennial of popular American literature and reshaped it for a new generation, which should give the captivating film a long shelf life.

Little White Lies
pressThe film works because Gerwig manages to re-emphasise some new aspect of the profound connection between these characters in every new scene.

Time Out
pressIf this isn't the Little Women you remember, either on page or screen, that's understandable. But it's likely the one you felt, and that's more important.

Vulture
pressIt doesn't just brim with life, it brims with ideas about happiness, economic realities, and what it means to push against or to hew to the expectations laid out for one's gender.

Los Angeles Times
press[T]his is a film in love with its characters' passions, a rich and effortlessly vibrant examination of the four March "little women" and the ways... they're practically bursting with the innocent it's-happening-right-now joy of being young and alive.

Total Film
pressIf you can keep a handhold on the plot, Little Women is a heartfelt, uplifting movie you can happily lose yourself in, offering a respite from our own hard times.

New Zealand Listener
pressA lovely rendition as well as an emotional roller coaster, this timeless story of love, family and strong-willed women is truly a film for today’s audiences of all ages and sexes.

FilmInk
press...often seems altered, confused and simplified from original intention. Despite its imperfections and faults, this bright, sisterhood saga is full of joy, which audiences will no doubt embrace.

Sydney Morning Herald
pressIt's a masterful, passionate, all-in kind of adaptation. As the sports commentators say, Gerwig should podium in coming contests.

Newshub
pressIt's no mean feat to take original source material like this, a story first published in the late 1800s, and deliver to the here and now. Gerwig and her fabulous cast do this with the script, their robust authentic performances and their commitment to a bracingly chaotic realism, showing us how women really communicate; with vigour, passion and much hilarity.

Stuff
pressAn engrossing movie filled with memorable incident, colourful characters and heartwarming and wrenching drama, Little Women is a reminder of the transportative and allegorical powers of cinema. Make a date to see this with the significant women in your life.

Vanity Fair
pressIt's often a lovely experience, to sit with Gerwig's ardor, to feel the warming beam of her cast radiating off the screen. I left the theater with eyes brimming. I only wish that the film's spell was cast a bit less briskly...

Empire Magazine
pressIf there were any remaining doubts that Greta Gerwig is a major talent in American cinema, put them to rest now.

The Guardian
pressThere's nothing little about Greta Gerwig's rich, warm, bustlingly populated and passionately devoted new tribute to Louisa May Alcott's classic novel of sisterhood.

Variety
pressAs one might hope, Gerwig's interpretation does right by the material, sticking to the original period and setting and assembling a dream cast to play the March siblings.

Hollywood Reporter
pressGerwig has taken a treasured perennial of popular American literature and reshaped it for a new generation, which should give the captivating film a long shelf life.

Little White Lies
pressThe film works because Gerwig manages to re-emphasise some new aspect of the profound connection between these characters in every new scene.

Time Out
pressIf this isn't the Little Women you remember, either on page or screen, that's understandable. But it's likely the one you felt, and that's more important.

Vulture
pressIt doesn't just brim with life, it brims with ideas about happiness, economic realities, and what it means to push against or to hew to the expectations laid out for one's gender.

Los Angeles Times
press[T]his is a film in love with its characters' passions, a rich and effortlessly vibrant examination of the four March "little women" and the ways... they're practically bursting with the innocent it's-happening-right-now joy of being young and alive.

Total Film
pressIf you can keep a handhold on the plot, Little Women is a heartfelt, uplifting movie you can happily lose yourself in, offering a respite from our own hard times.
Minus one or two specifically odd directing choices, I found this movie to be quite a delight. Combined with otherwise seamless direction and editing, the use of colour was especially beautiful as a tool to weave us through time, without throwing up endless numbers at the audience. The film does not over-indulge or over-romanticise, and it succeeds where...
"I want to be great, or nothing." Safe to say, this movie chose great.
Greta Gerwig once again delivers in her reimagination of Little Women, and it is very good. The performances by the entire cast is beautiful; Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, basically everyone is amazing in this movie. The writing and directing by Gerwig is very well done. As well as the cinematography by Yorick Le Saux, it...
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