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A gorgeous rendering of a classic!!!
I saw this version on "Little Women" shortly after reading the book, and was pleased with how well it followed the book. True, the screenplay did invoke a little modern feminism, but there was a feminist movement during the 1860's; it was called the suffragette movement. The Marches were transcendentalists, and as such, were greatly involved with all of the social issues of the day including child labor and rights of women and blacks. Knowing this, I did not have a problem with some of the liberties taken by the screenwriter. I feel this adaptation of "Little Women" was much more faithful to the book than the Katharine Hepburn/Janet Leigh version. That version seemed to center mostly on the girls fighting for the affections of Laurie, which was really a minor plot line in the book. The older version also made Marmee into a fretting, hand-wringing worrywart instead of the truly courageous woman that she was. This version of "Little Women" was beautifully acted, beautifully filmed, and beatifully scored. I can't pick a favorite performance, although I am a bit partial to Winona Ryder and Christian Bale, the latter playing a flawless Laurie, and the former inhabiting the very spirit of Jo March. I've seen this movie many times and cry at about half of the scenes. This gorgeous movie never grows old, the mark of a truly great movie.

Wonderful adaptation of an enduring classic
Despite what other reviewers have said about it's "artificiality", and faulty feminism; I really enjoyed this movie, and think it is probably the most faithful adaptation of the novel. The characters were actually more realistic and played with much more depth than I've seen in other versions. If you are a fan of the book at all or like nice, clean, yet enjoyable family films; watch this. Grab your favorite dessert, cuddle up on the couch and prepare to both laugh and cry. Wonderful!

Not Entirely Faithful to the Book but Still a Good Movie!
This is the 1994 movie adaptation of the wonderful Louisa May Alcott book Little Women and despite not being entirely faithful to the book with liberties being made with the plot I still liked this movie and I think the cast is great, Susan Sarandon as Marmee and Trini Alvardo, Winona Ryder, Claire Danes and Kirsten Dunst as her daughters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy and Christian Bale as Laurie and Eric Stoltz as his teacher John and Gabriel Byrne who I thought was a superb Professor Baher! This is a lovely, sweet movie and I higly recommend this DVD!

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