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December 20, 2019

At the Movies: Greta Gerwig's ‘Little Women' is a new classic

By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer

LOS ANGELES — There is a wild urgency to Greta Gerwig's “Little Women” that hardly seems possible for a film based on a 150-year-old book. But such is the magic of combining Louisa May Alcott's enduring story of those four sisters with Gerwig's deliciously feisty, evocative and clear-eyed storytelling that makes this “Little Women” a new classic.

While no shortage of “Little Women” adaptations exist, Gerwig makes hers modern and sharp, while still adhering to its traditional roots. And in playing a bit with the chronology and instilling depth and nuance where many films have instead chosen shortcuts, Gerwig has made the most full-realized interpretation of this well-worn material for one simple reason: She lets Amy, Beth, Jo and Meg grow up.


 
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