![]() ![]() I greatly enjoyed the way the story unfolded, with the pairing of scenes done so that it was very clear which past events were pertinent to the present. It honors her writing method and sacrifices, and her sister Elizabeth’s influence and significance in her life. Jo’s writing being the bookends of the film, the depiction of discussions with her publisher (especially how she responds to that question, “Who does she marry?”), how Beth is shown to inspire her writing of Little Women, how Jo mourns Beth and struggles even to write after her death, how she is shown in her jacket in the garret with ink-stained hands while “genius burns” by candlelight, laboring physically for her precious sister…The story of Louisa interwoven into the movie like this is exquisitely told. I loved many things about Greta Gerwig’s film: the music, the writing, the ending…I was left wondering, though, where were the men of Little Women? The writing ![]()
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