In Theaters: December 25, 2019
On DVD/Blu-ray: April 7, 2020
PG | Drama | 2h 15m
Based on 338 votes and 108 reviews.
Best movie of the year!
Finally, a well directed and acted historical movie based on the life of writer Louisa May Alcott, and her family. It was refreshing to see a movie with no cursing, no taking God's name in vain, no sex scenes, no political bias or innuendo - none of the usual PC garbage Hollywood typically shoves in our faces. We need more of these kind of movies that leave you with a good feeling.
REALLY ENJOYED THIS FILM OF CLOSE FAMILY TIES ENDURING STRUGGLES WITH LOVE, SELFLESSNESS, SACRIFICE AND NOT GIVING UP AS A WRITER. SAOIRSE RONAN WAS EXCELLENT AS JO. I WOULD SEE THIS MOVIE AGAIN.
A movie that releases on Christmas Day is usually a dog because they want to quell any reviews before people go into holiday mode. This movie is a classic fit to that norm. Preachy, miscast, modern ideology, tossed into a maelstrom. The movie is hoping to convince you you are seeing a remake of a classic, when in reality it is a complete rewrite, and you'll be classified as an "ist" of some sort if you do not go see it. It's Dickens meets female Ghostbusters or something.
If you think this is another version of the book, you would be sadly disappointed. More of modern current trends influenced adaptation riding on the coat tails of a once proud novel.
Good story, well told without preaching or too much woke nonsense that spoils much of current entertainment. Strong people dealing with life as it come to them.
wonderful wonderful movie.
This version used some parts of the book that the four other versions I have seen haven't used. Very good story. Moved me to tears.
When I was a kid I read Little Women over and over, and also read it to my daughter when she was young. This movie was all wrong on so many levels! The beautiful sweet story was ruined with out-of-sequence flashbacks, very poor acting, unbelievable casting of mismatched actors, average filming photography, and a script that had everyone talking at once and missed some important scenes. The movie should be named something else if the intent was to characterize a female writer of those days, but this moving still fell short in doing that.
Read the novelization, it's much better.