LITTLE WOMEN: This retelling of the Alcott classic is definitely for a new generation and well it should be. This new batch of March women are a strong lot, particularly Jo, played beautifully by Saoirse Ronan who garnered a Golden Globe nomination. Her sisters are portrayed equally as well....Meg (Emma Watson), Beth (Eliza Scanlen) and Amy (Florence Pugh). Filling the role of Marmee (and doing it admirably) is Laura Dern while Aunt March is brought to life by the incandescent Meryl Streep (who brings magic to her every performance). With Timothee Chalamer as Theodore "Laurie" Laurence and Chris Cooper as his grandfather. While the plot is familiar, it is told with such love and caring that it becomes a fresh take on how women were pigeonholed in earlier times. Unless you married well...…..(you get the drift). Beautifully photographed, this film is absolutely exquisite. It does however dart back and forth in flashbacks but they are never disconcerting. And the ending which is totally new to this telling, feels remarkably perfect. An extremely satisfying movie!
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