Little Women | Life Challenges in 1868

“Little Women” an original based on the novel from 1868 by the same name is a coming of age film and it is the seventh film adapted for cinema. This reinterpretation was directed by Greta Gerwig (her second solo direction) teaming up again with some of the actors she has worked with on Lady Bird (2017) namely Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet together with an ensemble cast that includes Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, and Chris Cooper. The film has a running time of 135 minutes (2 hours and 25 minutes) and paced enough to get through the life story of the four sisters going through life as young women, dealing with loss and meeting the men of their lives. It was one of the best films to close out in 2019 as one of the films set in the 1860s as a period piece that shows quality in production that shows the value from the sets and the elaborate costumes of that time. Saoirse Ronan leads the cast the focal point of perspective of the overall narrative, but not outshines her fellow cast mates as Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, and Eliza Scanlen have all their scenes in this film and reinterprets the characters from the novel by Louisa May Alcott.