2019’s American young adulthood-based drama by Greta Gerwig, called Little Women, is in the news for its amazing critic ratings. The movie is the seventh digital adaptation of Lousia May Alcott’s novel from 1868 that goes by the same title. This cinematic work, set in the backdrop of the 19th century, narrates the story of the March sisters, namely Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth. The four reside in Concord in Massachusetts.
About the Movie “Little Women”
Writer and director Greta Gerwig’s this one masterpiece of a digital adaptation called “Little Women” holds its fount information with strong fervor and not feeble admiration. The director has honestly worked hard on her film as it appears to have quenched the desire of all the devoted readers and fans of the novel, who will notice the efforts put in by the director so as to bring out the best cinematic adaptation.
Rather than choosing to you opt for tensing archives or heavy study of historical and archaeological development, Gerwig has successfully incorporated the backdrop to give out a perfect feeling of the 19th century.
About the Rotten Tomatoes Rating
With its filming done in Massachusetts 2 years ago, in the present day, the movie has reached a 97 percent rating on the critic aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. On observing the reviews, it comes out that a majority of the good reviews are quite in entirety, recommendations for watching the film, instead of just being usual endorsements.
Various groups of movie critics, inclusive of the famous Boston Society of Film Critics, titled the movie “Little Women” as the best movie of the year. Rotten Tomatoes presently marks the movie as 97% fresh.
Looking at all the critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, not a single review from the “top critics” called “Little Women” as rotten, and a majority of them gave the movie the highest rating possible. From the bag of a total of eighty-eight reviews displayed on the website, only a countable few give out negative feedback.
You can find only one major negative review presently there on the website, with all other reviews quite optimistic. Continue reading to know about reviews from critics all around the world.
“Little Women” Positive Reviews From Other Critics
Caryn James of BBC rated the movie “Little Women” with five stars out of five and said that it was a “triumph”. He expects the movie to be counted on the classic movies list soon. Then there is Michael Phillips from the Chicago Tribune, who rated the movie with four stars out of four.
The critic dug out from the Tribune’s archives and pulled out an old piece of quotation written originally for Alcott’s 1868 novel itself. Using that quote from the archives, the critic went on to appreciate Gerwig and Ronan.
About the Negative Reviews
Sadly, Brian Orndorf from Bluray.com did not appreciate the movie’s direction of switching between the time slots of the past and the present to bring about the narration of “Little Women”. His take on the movie was that the frequent switching of time zones marred the emotional beauty and sentiments of particular scenes that were more beautifully presented in the novel and in older cinematic adaptations of the book.
