Armstrong and her team have made it an A-movie blubfest, a sisterhood fairy tale set in an almost operatic world of heightened emotional drama. The film feels both nicely dated and timeless at the same time.

| Apr 11, 2024

Armstrong's direction is strong, the ensemble acting is excellent, and Winona Ryder gives a winning performance as Jo.

| Apr 11, 2024

Little Women is a quietly spirited family entertainment, and sure to be a seasonal favorite for those who loved the book.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 11, 2024

The saga of the March sisters is still engrossing, and the sisters remain stalwart as role models for generations of female individualists, inspired by the book to do great things.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 11, 2024

The cast is impeccable, led by Winona Ryder as the leading figure and narrator. It is not a showy role, but she brings substance and credibility to the oft-told story.

| Apr 11, 2024

Our '90s skittishness about what women should and shouldn't want gives Robin Swicord's otherwise thoughtful script a reverential feeling that borders on the embalmed.

| Apr 11, 2024

The result is a nimble sweet-tempered, joyous reconciliation of modern female aspirations with traditional roles.

| Apr 11, 2024

Little Women is solid, warming, bountiful, brimful of high spirits, a glowing treat that belongs at the top of any holiday movie shopping list.

| Apr 11, 2024

The production values are splendid, capturing a world of sweet dreams that, for women, were so often blunted. It's one of the year's best movies.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 11, 2024

A beautifully mounted effort all the same, with all characters ringing true to life and a genuine sense of urgency in Armstrong's directing style.

Full Review | Apr 11, 2024

Little Women feels stagey and stilted.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 11, 2024

Alcott has a considerable and lasting triumph. The film strives hard, and for the most part successfully.

| Apr 11, 2024

Armstrong maneuvers Alcott's prose with sympathy and a cool head.

| Apr 11, 2024

Sentiment that's honest; generosity that's uncloying; unforced high spirits; joy with a dash of tragedy; conduct that's becoming, but never priggish; love that's pure and lasting.

| Apr 11, 2024

Little Women is an affectionate, superbly acted group portrait of female strength and solidarity as four young women come of age and how, despite natural clashes and differences of temperament, they are ultimately always supportive of each other.

| Apr 11, 2024

By opening the story to a contemporary reading, Armstrong and company have made Little Women into a big deal.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 11, 2024

The result is not just the best family movie of the year, but one of the better movies.

| Apr 11, 2024

The movie is loving and refined, a snowy picture postcard of youth, innocence and sisterly devotion.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 11, 2024

This new version is even more limiting than most period pictures are because it isn't especially comfortable with its period.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 11, 2024

Like the book, the new film is timeless.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 11, 2024