Little Women; an absolute delight, that will make you long for sisterhood like never before

If you have read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, because I haven’t, you’re going to absolutely enjoy the 2019 film adaptation, and further into the review, I’ll elaborate why.

It is well known that the book is considered one of the most classic novels ever written and rightfully so, was way ahead of it’s time, given that it came out in 1868.

When one thinks of women empowerment, understanding womanhood, understanding why feminism came into the picture and why is it still so relevant, Little Women shines bright with all the answers.

Though pretty known by now, after four films adaptations and over a century’s existence of the novel, here’s the plot of the film. Little Women is set in the early 1800s America and depicts the life of four sisters coexisting with love, warmth, resentment, care and all that sisterhood represents. They struggle to make amends with life and adulthood and the constant struggle of having dreams and being a woman, when only one of them could be feasible.

Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy belong to a middle income family, with their mother Marmee March and are living examples of vision, warmth, kindness, and belonging.

Prior to this, I was fortunate enough to watch the 1994 adaptation starring Winona Ryder and considered it the best one. But this one, surely changed my mind for the better.

Now, coming to the part where I said reading the book would do greater wonders for the viewer. Since I haven’t gotten the chance to read it, I feel at lack of drawing comparisons between the two and hence, find it almost impossible to find any flaw in it.

The film is the answer to all the questions by people who refrain from calling themselves feminists. It looks you in the eye and almost speaks to you in subtle narratives that it has been impossible for a woman to feel privileged at any point in her life, given the absolute difference of measures for men and women through all phases of life, and at the least, feminism only asks for equality.

I’m so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for!

– Jo March, Little Women (2019)

Some might find the film too feminine, but here’s my claim to why they would: It’s impossible for some to watch women making total sense and accept that it isn’t a recent phenomenon. 

The film brags an ensemble of the likes of Soarsie Ronan (Jo), Florence Pugh (Amy), Emma Watson (Meg), Meryl Streep (Aunt March), Laura Dern (Marmee March), among others.

My personal favorite was Florence Pugh, with her screen presence making statements of authority and willingness to do big.

Also, if you’re a F.R.I.E.N.D.S fan like me, you already know one big spoiler from it.