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Alexandre DesplatCast:
Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel (more)VOD (1)
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The story unfolds as the author’s alter ego, Jo March, reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In this take, the beloved story of the March sisters — four young women each determined to live life on her own terms — is both timeless and timely. (Sony Pictures)
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Beautiful film, really beautiful. There are so many moments in it that other filmmakers would use in other films to try at least to move me or completely blow me away, but Greta Gerwig doesn't need to. Everything in the Marches' story was meant to have an effect on me, and yet I still had that satisfied feeling. It wasn't overly melancholy, it wasn't extra sad, it wasn't tragic. It was just beautiful. As for the cast, as expected, Saoirse Ronan absolutely reigns and is once again amazing in every minute, however I was surprised by Emma Watson, who made a real impression on me for perhaps the first time since Harry Potter.
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A cinema visit to Little Women took me nostalgically back to my high school days at the mall. The full theater with only two men in it, or the lending of tissues between rows from the middle of the movie on reminded me again of the beauty of the collective cinematic experience that Netflix just can't give you. As for the film, it could probably get by with the fantastic performances from Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh alone, whose characters breathe with such life and energy that they redeem even a few of those Jehovah's Witness scenes full of Christmas tables, gifting the poor, and other kilos of goodness like a children’s book. Still, Greta Gerwig has chosen to break the entire two books into different episodes, which she stacks on top of each other, albeit without chronology, but in such a way that the events contained within them ideally have the strongest possible impact in terms of our moment-to-moment connection with a particular character. On several occasions we witness dialogue whose importance is revealed to us a scene later, which takes place either several years before or after the dialogue. Underneath all the liveliness, then, there is actually a clockwork that successfully tries to sell us, with the strongest possible impact, the most important personal moments in the lives of several characters. And it's quite possible that with a standard narrative, the film wouldn't have had such a strong impact.
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Fresh, playful, at times extremely conversational, but improvisationally well played. The casting is superb (Ronan, Watson, Pugh). It's hard to say how faithful it is to the source material, or rather to the original film, but it meets the contemporary demands of a historical conversational drama with family values and ingredients in the form of relationships and life turning points and decisions very well. Perhaps the only bigger problem is with the flashbacks, which the director puts there quite unsparingly. It takes a while to get your bearings.
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I went to the cinema to see the advanced premiere of Little Women and I can honestly say that I couldn't have picked a better movie for the last day of the year. I’m not familiar with the book, but I've always loved historical costume dramas, and when I saw everyone who was going to be in this film, I couldn't wait to see it on the big screen. Little Women impresses with a strong story that may smack a little of romance at times, but it is so believably written and above all superbly acted that you can safely ignore that and lets yourself ride the waves of a story about four sisters who couldn't be more different. All the actors played their parts to perfection and in a convincing manner, whether they were main or supporting roles. In addition, I must not forget the beautiful sets, the costumes and Alexandre Desplat's unmistakable music. Little Women mixes elements of drama, romance and humour in an artful and unforced way. I applaud and give it both thumbs up!
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The 1994 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel impressed me a little more than this movie directed by Greta Gerwig. Nevertheless, I cannot deny the movie's impressive portrayal of the atmosphere of a bygone era, its excellent cast and the acting performances. The costume design is also undoubtedly praiseworthy. But to be honest, I don't really understand the source of the general fascination with this romantic story, which I always found rather boring. (65%)
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