Little Women
Pure Flix Entertainment | Release Date: September 28, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
7
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comNell MinowSep 28, 2018
For devotees, the essence of the Little Women story remains, and, for newcomers, it is a sweet film that should inspire them to explore the book and the more traditional adaptations. It has a sad loss, a joyful reunion, a love story, a writer finding her voice, and one of the most endearing families in literature. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 1, 2018
Not a ringing endorsement, but as faith-based dramas go, this isn’t angry and isn’t an over-reach. Its virtues are the same as ever, even if its dramatic shortcomings only grow with time. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartSep 28, 2018
First-time feature director Clare Niederpruem gives it her very earnest all, but falls short both on continuity issues (a smoldering curling iron, for example, is dropped to the floor and immediately forgotten) and on making her gradually aging cast match up. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshSep 28, 2018
This Little Women adaptation is faithful to a fault, which results in a very strange world where this group of five present-day women depends on men for their social lives and careers — basically anything that gets them out of their cozy house of feminine fantasy. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldSep 27, 2018
Happy anniversary, Little Women, but I think I prefer you back in the 19th century; dreamy professors aside. Read full review
50
VarietyCourtney HowardSep 27, 2018
This contemporary adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s enduring classic is certainly admirable in its attempt to give the material a modern spin. However, what’s new only serves to frustrate and detract from the reasons why this material has been beloved for generations. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSep 27, 2018
Unfortunately, the updating does the venerable story few favors, and the lack of star wattage makes this Little Women a dull affair. Read full review
42
IndieWireKate ErblandSep 27, 2018
While there’s certainly room to explore Alcott’s biggest themes in the lives of modern women, here the results feel more hammy than revelatory. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshSep 27, 2018
This adaptation completely bungles the update. Read full review
30
TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanSep 27, 2018
This version seems to have been made not to honor Alcott’s little women but instead to please the parents who want blandly wholesome family entertainment for their own. One can only imagine what Jo herself would have to say on the subject. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisSep 26, 2018
A serviceable cast of unfamiliar actors (the exception: Thompson as the family matriarch, Marmee); a serviceable script that takes few if any chances, with occasional wordless montages of shiny happy people; and serviceable direction that gets the job done and nothing more. Read full review
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