Little Women
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Common Sense says
Alcott adaptation tugs at your heartstrings.
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for Ages 11 and Up
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This review of Little Women was written by S. K. List
Parents need to know that beloved sister Beth becomes dangerously ill, recovers, but eventually dies young. The youngest sister, Amy, falls through the ice while skating but is pulled to safety.
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What’s the Story?
LITTLE WOMEN is not so much about what happens to the March family as about who they are. Their parties, meals, chores, games, romances are hardly high drama but, through individual personalities, they illustrate the highest human values: love, family, selflessness, loyalty. Known to be innovative thinkers, the Marches -- as one character observes -- had "views."
Is It Any Good?
Acting upon those views in day-to-day life, the girls capture our attention and, more, stir our souls. Excited about such holiday luxuries as a bit of butter and an orange, they give them up to feed an even poorer family. The gifted Claire Danes delivers a touching, very real, portrayal as Beth. When she dies, it's painful and viewers share the family's loss. Likewise, the climactic reunion between Jo and her professor is deeply moving. Rarely is such a low-key movie so uplifting. Meaning springs from the unaffected performances, the believable tensions among the sisters, the realistic contrast of their varied goals, and forthright, simple statements of authentically virtuous character. Lovely settings frame the story perfectly.
No pretense is made about the purity of the world in which the Marches live. As women, they confront and cope with second-class status, especially the free-thinking Jo. But society's flaws just reinforce the integrity the Marches bring to it. For a breath of fresh air that's anything but old-fashioned, choose Little Women.
Movie Details
Studio: Columbia Tristar, Director: Gillian Armstrong
Run time: 115 minutes
Theatrical release: 12/21/1994, DVD release: 04/25/2000
MPAA Rating: PG for emotional intensity
Run time: 115 minutes
Theatrical release: 12/21/1994, DVD release: 04/25/2000
MPAA Rating: PG for emotional intensity
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I rate this title on for age 4 and give it
Heart warming movie
This is an excellent movie for all ages!
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I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
great adaptation of the book
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
Heartwarming
This touching film was created in the same vein as the novel - an honest but optimistic look at the 19th century and an affirmation of the power of love. Though sad at moments, the value of the film is not in the events but rather how the March family reacts and copes.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
I LOVE THIS MOVIE
GREAT KIDS MOVIE
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
Little Women
A really nice book and a colorful movie. (LOL) Anyway it is a nice, perfectly clean book/movie for all ages-- albeit ages 8 and up so they understand it a bit. I found it rather sad it in the book that Laurie and Jo didnt get together. But its clean, i swear. (In books, Im a clean freak)
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
it could have been better...
ok, considering how much i loved the book, (not the revised edition) i expected way more! i mean, it cut out lots of cool parts, and hello! the scene where jo rejects laurie is like, totally off! lol, i mean, they cut and junked it up! don't get me wrong, it's a cute movie, but they could have made it waaaaaay better. but that's just my opinion.
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