Film reviews

Another new adaptation of the famous Louisa May Alcott novel Little

Women is not necessary – there have already been a dozen versions including classics starring names like Katharine Hepburn in 1933, Elizabeth Taylor in 1949, and Winona Ryder in 1994.

However, thanks to the contemporary guiding hand of director Greta Gerwig and a big-name cast, this new addition can easily sit alongside those earlier classics.

Much like she did with her Oscarnominated Lady Bird, Gerwig has brought a much-needed youthfulness to the story of these women coming of age in the aftermath of the civil war. Older audiences will no doubt relish the everwonderful dialogue and performances by acting legends Laura Dern, Meryl Streep and Better Caul

Saul’s Bob Odenkirk. Younger audiences will go weak over a who’s who of under 30 superstars including Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, as well as Call Me By Your Name’s Timothee Chalamet and breakout star of Midsommar, Florence Pugh.