Little Women

Little Women

By Gillian Armstrong

  • Genre: Kids & Family
  • Release Date: 1994-12-21
  • Advisory Rating: PG
  • Runtime: 1h 58min
  • Director: Gillian Armstrong
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 12.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
7.886/10
7.886
From 6,008 Ratings

Description

Winona Ryder (in an Oscar® nominated role) and Academy Award® winner Susan Sarandon (1995 Best Actress, Dead Man Walking) star in this "affectionate, superbly acted" (Los Angeles Times) family favorite. With her husband off at war, Marmee (Sarandon) is left alone to raise their four daughters, her Little Women. There is the spirited Jo (Ryder); conservative Meg (Trini Alvarado, Paulie); fragile Beth (Claire Danes, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet); and romantic Amy (played at different agesby Kristen Dunst, Wag the Dog and Samantha Mathis, Broken Arrow). As the years pass, the sisters share some of the most cherished and painful memories of self-discovery, as Marmee and Aunt March (Mary Wickes, The Man Who Came to Dinner) guide them through issues of independence, romance and virtue. Gabriel Byrne (End of Days), Eric Stoltz (TV's "Chicago Hope") and Christian Bale (The Portrait of a Lady) co-star in this "handcrafted valentine" (Newsweek) of a film.

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Reviews

  • Loved this

    5
    By OCSCMama
    It has taken me years to watch this because I didn’t think I would like it. I wish I would have seen it sooner. I loved it.
  • Boring

    1
    By From_the_Ashes
    It couldn’t keep my interest. It was just too vapid and shallow.
  • One of my favorites

    5
    By Sunsponge
    I can’t watch this movie enough. Love everything about it.
  • Love it! Such a classic!

    5
    By AmandaJurysta
    I used to watch this all the time with my grandma, I think this was one of her favorites! It’s such a great movie, I think this is one of those films that need to be passed down in families!
  • BOOKS RULE

    3
    By wordartist16
    Can’t beat the book. GO READ ALL 700 AND SOMETHING PAGES!!! ITS WORTH IT!!!
  • Little Women

    5
    By Katie Frazier
    This movie is very sweet. I love the sisters. Jo (Winona Ryder) is a great character and Laurie (Christian Bale) is very romantic and gentle. Very good movie for the holidays!
  • Childhood favorite

    5
    By Heather Lanigan
    This is a beautiful movie that portrays the independence of woman.
  • Waiting when is going to be av for rent!!!!!

    1
    By dj D77
    Great movie ! I just don't want to buy it . Waiting until it will be rentable
  • OVERRATED

    2
    By JayKayEliminopi
    For the life of me, I can't understand how the critics love this movie so much. No, let me rephrase that - I know why they like it, or pretend to: because it oozes political correctness. But in my humble opinion, this is NO five-star fare. It's flat. It's modernistic. It's not true to the book - it's all fuzzy and soft and watered-down, viewing like a Hallmark movie, with only slightly better acting. But above all, the casting is really the worst. Susan Sarandon as a supposedly "new-and-improved" feministic Marmee was basically just playing herself, lacking all the warmth and wisdom of the Marmee in the book. Gabriel Byrne as Professor Bhaer - wait, did I say he played Prof. Bhaer? Grizzled, un-handsome, quirky Prof. Bhaer of the book? Nope. Not even close. The worst was Winona Ryder. They should have cast someone, ANYONE besides her as Jo . In fact, she and Claire Danes should have swapped roles. Claire Danes with her boyish rasp and plain looks, would have been much better suited to playing our favorite tomboy than petite, beautiful Ryder. Does no one else see this?? This has bothered me for ages - really, it's one of the worst casting jobs in movie history, and what makes it worse is everyone seeming to think Ryder is "perfect" as Jo. I just don't get it. Everyone who says that has either never read the book, or they're blindly devoted fans of Ryder. I would love to see this story remade one more time, and correctly for once. I'd like to see a version where Jo's character is not overacted, Prof. Bhaer is actually age-appropriate (to the book), and Amy is not a despicable twit (which, thankfully, isn't how she's portrayed in this movie, but how everyone seems to view her nonetheless - totally off the mark!).
  • :)

    5
    By Air angel2
    I love this movie!!!! But Laurie gets to be kind of a jerk by the end...

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