Little Women

Name: Little Women
Genre: Drama, Romance, Family
Released: December 21, 1994
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 87
Cast: Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder

1994

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: December 21, 1994 | PG

Starring: Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder

Summary: With her husband off at war, Marmee (Susan Sarandon) is left alone to raise their four daughters, her little women. There is the spirited Jo (Winona Ryder); conservative Meg (Trini Alvarado); fragile Beth (Claire Danes); and romantic Amy (Kirsten Dunst and Samantha Mathis). As the years pass, the sisters share some of the most cherished andWith her husband off at war, Marmee (Susan Sarandon) is left alone to raise their four daughters, her little women. There is the spirited Jo (Winona Ryder); conservative Meg (Trini Alvarado); fragile Beth (Claire Danes); and romantic Amy (Kirsten Dunst and Samantha Mathis). 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) guide them through issues of independence, romance and virtue. [Sony Pictures]… Expand

Director: Gillian Armstrong

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 115 min

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100

Lisa Schwarzbaum

A graceful, unsentimental, well-made movie. Read full review

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Johanna Steinmetz

Armstrong and screenwriter Robin Swicord have pared the work's sentimentality and bolstered its intellectual content, [21 Dec 1994]

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Susan Wloszczyna

Director Gillian Armstrong takes the delicate snow globe that is Little Women and gives it a bold new shake. [21 Dec 1994]

TV Guide Magazine Ethan Alter

Director Gillian Armstrong's feminist spin on classic material retains the moving humanity of Louisa May Alcott's novel while reworking it with welcome freshness. Read full review

Elizabeth Renzetti

Gillian Armstrong's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's 1868 novel is lively and thoughtful and beautifully formed. [21 Dec 1994]

Empire s

It's beautifully mounted to capture the age and the passing seasons, though director Gillian Armstrong never lets the production values overwhelm the gentle sketches of girlish hopes and pastimes tempered by the trials of life. Read full review

Amy Gamerman

Ms. Armstrong's Little Women, which has enough sugar to make your teeth sing, if not your heart. [29 Dec 1994]

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simonerodriguez

Mar 13, 2016

this movie is a real tear jerker! i cry EVERYTIME i watch it! the acting is just so put together, the plot the scenes, everything in this film works perfectly together and the ending is superb!a must see!