Greta Gerwig’s brings a new direction to ‘Womanhood’, adapting Louisa-May Alcott’s Little Women as redeems an uplifting, reboot Classic, like never seen before
Little Women (2019) Film Review
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without seeing Little Women.
Winter must be the most wonderful time of the year, after all, granting us the March sisters back on the big screen directed by an Academy Nominee for Best Screenplay 2019 and Golden Globes Winner, the genius mastermind behind writing; Greta Gerwig. The director/writer wasted no time to unravel us her secret weapon as she injected an overwhelming of Oscar-nominated members of the Academy. Specifically speaking, for a Saroise-Chamalet second-time collaboration honoring loyalty to the director as loyal supporters were over-joyed imagining another ‘love conquest’ between the two most aspiring actors of our era.
Unlike the 1994 adaptation of the same recurring title, Gillian Armstrong’s narrative also possesses prime actresses and actors in Hollywood today. Winona Ryder, Kristen Dust, Claire Danes, Christian Bale, and Susan Suradon begin on the same adventure. Though the difference is the generation gaps as Gerwig directs intensely on Jo’s route to getting her book to distribute rather than obsessing to whom she will end up with. This expresses a sense of sensitivity and delightful hope aspiring for women of all ages that a girl can dream of anything she wants to achieve without fear of being alone.
At this point, everybody has heard of Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March; the most stubborn, giddy sisters of the ’80s. Little Women hit the box-office record of $206 million with a small budget of $40 million, even critics reviewed 94% Certified Rotten Tomatoes; outshining other competitors and for cinema lovers leaving their seat feeling-good, enthusiasm and emotion.
Such a story arises and depends greatly on the original context of the book, however, Gerwig’s vision was structured in a way that felt as if Louisa was the one narrating, not Saroise. This turnabout idea represents viewers like an open diary, letting us in on her own traumatic personal perspective of losing someone she loves, her sister, at a time of depression during the Civil War.
The exploration between the warmth that the childhood brings and the coolness the adulthood has, leads the movie with ease pacing, and the dialogue flows naturally as the storyline is easy to follow. Gerwig stated she used filters to set the coolness and warm tone for setting the mood and climax of the scene. She quotes the film as a collective memory that deconstructs the original pieces of the context from the novel and mixing different ideas to generate something new.
As a result, the reboot hugely redefined the narrative that embodies independence, courage, and empathy towards the family. This critically acclaimed film succeeds in transitioning from girlhood to adulthood thoroughly as one great value I took from this film was, you are the architect of your life. Don’t let anyone write it out for you.
A family classic that does not deceive in production design, costume design, narrative, and dramatic performances. Get ready for a Christmas carolling spirit all year around.
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