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Little Women

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peanutfoldover · 26/12/2019 22:49

Did anyone else watch this gorgeous film today? I absolutely bloody loved it and it had stayed with me all day. I have never read the book I must admit so cannot remark on that, but blimey what a fabulous story.

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madeyemoodysmum · 09/01/2020 15:24

It was fabulous. The first half hour was a little slow but I then got into it and spent the last 90 minutes weeping

I feel drained but in a good way.

Outstanding all round.

madeyemoodysmum · 09/01/2020 15:25

My only fault was I wasn't keen on Laurie.

ineedaholidaynow · 09/01/2020 15:29

But Aunt March left Jo her house, so I don't think she totally disapproved of Jo.

FenellaMaxwell · 09/01/2020 16:10

@Gone2far again, the beach scenes are all in the book.

Toorahtoorahaye · 09/01/2020 18:48

I didn’t much care for Laurie either.

I went actually worried I’d get really emotional - had a tissue to the ready but I didn’t that much at all, maybe some eye watering. Beth’s death was fairly underplayed - thank god or I could have been sobbing in the packed cinema

xsquared · 09/01/2020 22:15

I thought Professor Bhaer looked familiar, and having looked him up, he was the actor who played Eva Green's twin in The Dreamers back in 2003.

Horehound · 10/01/2020 16:43

I went to see it a few days ago and loved it. Never read the book but I will now

Horehound · 10/01/2020 16:45

My mum and aunt said Laurie was exactly how they'd pictured him in the book and his mannerisms etc were on point.

sakura06 · 11/01/2020 07:44

I absolutely adored it. One of my top films of 2019. I'd like to see it again before it finishes at the cinema.

DCIRozHuntley · 11/01/2020 07:49

I LOVED it. I haven't read any of the books other than Little Women itself many years ago. My only gripe was, like others, I thought Laurie wasn't quite warm or personable enough. I thought Saorise Ronan was fantastic and I loved the bits of scenery. I'm so glad I went to see it at the cinema rather than wait for the DVD: it was really special on the big screen.

IdblowJonSnow · 11/01/2020 08:02

I loved it too. Took my 9 year old DD who enjoyed it. We were both slightly confused by the time jumps but it didn't spoil any enjoyment of the film.
It's very emotional!
I probably wouldnt have taken a younger child just because its themes are fairly adult.
Its beautifully shot and acted. Soarise stole the show but them her character is the most interesting by far.
Loved the ending.

lulahb · 11/01/2020 08:16

It's such a good film and made me feel very melancholy

Happyelfjokeday · 11/01/2020 09:05

I was expecting to feel really horrified and emotional at the falling in the ice bit, but it was fine. Still had me & most of audience (by the sound of things) sobbing as Jo woke up for the second time & went downstairs...

Squigean · 11/01/2020 09:31

Along side Laurie being poorly portrayed and a wet blanket, the father and Mr Laurance weren'tgreat either.. Far too feminine, which was against point (women living in a world designed for men who are only interested in men's ideas and work as women were frivolous things who couldn't possibly do or think anything serious or important- hence Jo's struggle to get her stories published.)

As for it now being sickly sweet like the book and other films, I actually thought it was the most twee. That scene where they are all gathered in the hall telling Jo she loves the Professor was the glacé cherry on top.

I liked it, but can't say I'd be pushed to watch it again.

There's some theory that the father was absent in the book because it is semi-autobiographical, and Alcott's father really wasn't that great a father.

Ginfordinner · 11/01/2020 09:37

I went to see it last night. The time jumps were confusing, but as I have seen the original, the Winona Ryder version, the BBC adaptation from a couple of years ago and read the books I knew what was going on.

I don't understand the feminism criticisms on this thread. The book was published in 1868. It is of its time.

I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did having seen all the other versions. I only went because a friend invited me along, but I really enjoyed it.

Teajenny1 · 11/01/2020 12:03

I need to see it again

StopMegxit · 11/01/2020 12:06

I enjoyed it, but I found it a touch syrupy towards the end. I didn’t think they treated the guy Jo ends up with and their relationship in enough depth and it all got a bit cheesy.

I loved Saoirse as Jo, though. Beautiful but if casting.

StopMegxit · 11/01/2020 12:07

bit of

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 11/01/2020 12:10

I didn’t think they treated the guy Jo ends up with and their relationship in enough depth and it all got a bit cheesy

Jo didn't end up with anyone, she wrote that bit to please the publisher.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 11/01/2020 12:10

Didn't she? Confused

StopMegxit · 11/01/2020 12:12

Didnt she?

I read the book as a child, so couldn’t really remember the ending.

So that cheese fest at the end where the family all tell her to go and get her man was fiction?

I’m confused!

Teajenny1 · 11/01/2020 13:07

Jo marries Frederik and they open up a school in her Aunt’s house. LMA never married or had children- i think that scene was a nod to her.

Horehound · 11/01/2020 13:13

Jo didn't end up with anyone, she wrote that bit to please the publisher
Emm @MrsPelligrinoPetrichors don't you get it? The whole point is SHE DID end up with him to give us an ending to please us!!

Horehound · 11/01/2020 13:15

@stopmegxit nah you are right, the pp hasn't interpreted it the right way!

Ginfordinner · 11/01/2020 13:46

Jo does marry Friedrich Bhaer in the books. It wasn't made up for the film. In subsequent books they open a school and Jo becomes a mother to two boys.