Review 719: Little Women (2019)

                                                                                                                   I didn't think we needed another adaptation of Little Women, but here we are and I'm surprised and delighted to say that it got made and that Greta Gerwig got to put her own spin on the beloved classic.

In Gerwig's take, the beloved story of the March sisters Jo (Saoirse Ronan), Amy (Florence Pugh), Meg (Emma Watson) and Beth (Eliza Scanlen) and unfolds in a non-linear fashion as Jo reflects back and forth on her life.

Little Women has always been a story about women's choices in life and Greta Gerwig's version is no exception, yet it doesn't feel stuffy and old fashioned, the March sisters feel modern like people we know.

All set to a score by Alexandre Desplat that sounds like it was woven with silk.

Saoirse Ronan

Florence Pugh

Emma Watson

Eliza Scanlen from HBO's Sharp Objects is a delight playing Beth March. 

Timothee Chalamet   playing Theodore "Laurie" Laurence

Laura Dern expertly captures the warm, maternal nature of

Meryl Streep

He doesn't appear until over an hour into the movie but Bob Odenkirk certainly impresses playing the March sister's father.

Chris Cooper is really rather good in this film playing Laurie's father.

Louis Garrel  playing Fredrich Bhaer.