Written for the screen and directed by Greta Gerwig

Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson and Florence Pugh
MPAA rating: PG for thematic elements and brief smoking
Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes

by Fiona Underhill

Full confession: I bought the Little Women book a few months ago, with the intention of reading it before the latest film adaptation (this time, directed by Greta Gerwig) came out. However, I ran out of time. So my previous knowledge going into this was based on the 1994 version (directed by Gillian Armstrong). I could remember the ‘big’ moments – Amy burning Jo’s book, Jo cutting and selling her hair, Amy falling through the ice and, of course, when bleep dies. A lot of my feelings towards Little Women up until now have been wrapped up in my teen crushes on Winona Ryder and Christian Bale. Now, a new generation of teen heartthrobs – Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet and Florence Pugh get to bring the story to a 2019 audience. When it was announced that Gerwig was directing “yet another” version of Louisa May Alcott’s book, many questioned whether we really needed another Little Women film. However, with themes that are this contemporary, fresh and relevant to each new generation that discovers the story of the March sisters, who cares?