A gorgeous and very warm film…. What makes this version impressive is that it brings a different perspective without losing the magic of the novel.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 21, 2022

Greta Gerwig's experimental take adds clarity and wisdom to character developments and relationships that make the viewing experience more rewarding.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 28, 2020

No wonder Jo and Amy in all their ambiguities are the ones who leave the strongest impression and offer Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh respectively the opportunity to invest in and dig into their characters with relish.

| Feb 8, 2020

Moments like these are reminders of the urgency of the text, and of how rewarding it can be for a contemporary audience to re-examine the classic stories we read in our childhood.

| Jan 16, 2020

This is a really thoughtful adaptation, incredibly smart and incredibly moving.

| Jan 13, 2020

Gerwig takes matters in a new direction, at once more playful and more sober, and very self-conscious.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 6, 2020

Normally I'm not averse to time-shifting in movies, but in this case I found the device unhelpful. Individual scenes are superbly staged and the cast is flawless, making the film essential viewing for lovers of the book.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 3, 2020

A work of poetic smuggling: a movie made within the norms of the industry that also reflects Gerwig's own personal artistic ideas, ideals, and obsessions.

| Jan 3, 2020

Greta Gerwig's take on Louisa May Alcott's novel is intelligent and fleet, refreshing if not radical, and as organic in its feminist convictions as it is in its depiction of close-knit sororal love.

| Jan 2, 2020

Do not miss this - it's wonderful.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 2, 2020

About 20 minutes in, the characters cease to be characters; they are now flesh and blood, our sisters. We feel their happiness and despond, their cold feet and warm hearts, their slights and loves. It's a masterful, passionate, all-in kind of adaptation.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 31, 2019

Greta Gerwig has an intrinsic understanding of Louisa May Alcott's story and she's retold it with great compassion.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 31, 2019

It made me laugh, cry, and feel like I was absolutely a part of the story and the characters. Gerwig has done something really fascinating. I loved it.

| Dec 31, 2019

The latest adaptation gives the March sisters more power than ever.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 30, 2019

One-hundred-and-fifty-year-old literature never felt so alive.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 29, 2019

I love that Greta [Gerwig] takes not only ideas from the book... She's closing the gap between Jo [March] and Louisa May Alcott and showing us that these women were the same.

| Dec 27, 2019

An absolutely lovely film that will make you feel so extremely good walking out of it.

| Dec 27, 2019

It's Little Women's deep generosity that cements it as a cinematic achievement.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 27, 2019

The swings in time, admittedly, can be a tad disorienting at first, but they provide a narrative spine that brings additional resonance to a story that most people likely think they already know.

| Dec 27, 2019

It acknowledges the tradeoffs we still have to reckon with, but it celebrates them. And it brilliantly, movingly puts forth the simple, timeless notion that sisterhood is always powerful.

| Dec 26, 2019