Saoirse Ronan has been nominated for best actress Oscar for playing Jo March, and we're so thrilled for her because she deserves it. Every single person in this film gives a pitch-perfect performance.
One of the best parts of "Little Women" (2019) is the acting. The scenes these characters share together are more powerful with a greater context and left me in tears every single time they occurred. For instance, more time with the older versions of the characters means we get to see an expanded look at, say, the relationship between Beth and Mr. The parallels between childhood and adulthood feel even more emotionally moving and impactful than they have in past versions of the story. On the other hand, while I agree it wasn't an absolute necessity, I thought Gerwig's choice worked really for this updated, more modernized adaptation. BigJ felt like the jumps backward and forward made it a little difficult to fully grasp the time frame over which the story takes place.
Some viewers may not like the decision to make the story non-linear because they are so used to seeing this tale unfold in a certain way. This opening scene clues the audience in on just how difficult it is for her to follow her passion and make any sort of living by writing since she is a woman. Gerwig flawlessly ties the character of Jo to the real Louisa May Alcott several times throughout the film, even drawing attention to the fact that Alcott never actually got married in reality.
The story opens with Jo as an adult selling her stories to an editor named Mr. Because of this directorial choice, we get to see more of the March sisters as adults and watch the struggles that come with being women in a male-dominated world where they are only considered useful as wives, mothers, caregivers, teachers, and a handful of other professions. She tells her version of the story in a non-linear fashion and pairs emotionally significant moments in the early lives of the March sisters with ones that happen in their adulthood. With so many versions of "Little Women" (2019) available for consumption, one might wonder, do we really need another one? Or more appropriately, what can Greta Gerwig do to set her version apart from all the others? The answers are, 1) yes, and 2) a lot. Gerwig's "Little Women" (2019) does things a bit differently, and for the better. Laurence (Chris Cooper), as well as Laurie's unrequited love for Jo.
Meg March (Emma Watson) is an aspiring actress, Amy (Florence Pugh) is an ambitious artist, and Beth (Eliza Scanlen) is a gifted pianist. They live with their mother, who they call Marmee (Laura Dern), who spends most of her time doing charity work while her husband (Bob Odenkirk) is off fighting in the Civil War. It also looks at the family's relationship with their neighbors, Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence (Timotheé Chalamet), and his grandfather Mr. Harley Knoles made the first silent film version of the material in 1918, and now, just over 100 years later, it has seen its eighth adaptation, this time by "Lady Bird" director/scribe/indie darling Greta Gerwig. This story focuses on the March family as writer Jo March (Saoirse Ronan), a stand-in for Louisa May Alcott herself, tells the story of what it was like growing up in Civil War-era Concord, Massachusetts with her three sisters. Louisa May Alcott's semi-autobiographical novel "Little Women" (2019) has been adapted into films almost as long as the pictures have existed.
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