Little Women

Name: Little Women
Genre: Drama, Romance, Family
Released: November 24, 1933
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 92
Cast: Douglass Montgomery, Edna May Oliver, Frances Dee, Henry Stephenson, Jean Parker

1933

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RKO Radio Pictures | Release Date: November 24, 1933 | Approved

Starring: Douglass Montgomery, Edna May Oliver, Frances Dee, Henry Stephenson, Jean Parker, Joan Bennett, John Lodge, Katharine Hepburn, Paul Lukas, Spring Byington

Summary: A chronicle of the lives of a group of sisters growing up in nineteenth-century America.

Director: George Cukor

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Family

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 115 min

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Staff (Not Credited)

Surely the definitive version of Louisa May Alcott's novel, sweet, funny, perfectly cast, and exquisitely evocative in its New England period reconstruction. Read full review

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Mordaunt Hall

The film begins in a gentle fashion and slips away smoothly without any forced attempt to help the finish to linger in the minds of the audience. Little Women is just as honest in its story as Jo's nature. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

This unabashedly sentimental adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel remains, to this day, an example of Hollywood's best filmmaking. Read full review

Pauline Kael

A lovely, graceful film, and surprisingly faithful to the atmosphere, the Victorian sentiments, and the Victorian strengths of the Louisa May Alcott novel.

John Hartl

This George Cukor adaptation is nevertheless regarded as the definitive Hollywood treatment. Katharine Hepburn and Spring Byington are particularly well-cast. [15 Dec 1994, p.E3]

Sonia Rao

The acclaimed director’s Depression-era film ranks among the better-known Little Women adaptations. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Intelligent, grown up rendition of the Louisa Alcott classic. Read full review

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sachineldho

Jul 27, 2023

There is a phony cheeriness and foolish optimism throughout the film that do not match the period it is set in

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