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87 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

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  • Starring: Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder
  • Summary: With her husband off at war, Marmee (Sarandon) is left alone to raise their four daughters, her little women. There is the spirited Jo (Ryder); conservative Meg (Alvarado); fragile Beth (Danes); and romantic Amy (Dunst and Mathis). As the years pass, the sisters share some of the most cherished and painful memories of self-discovery, as Marmee and Aunt March (Wickes) guide them through issues of independence, romance and virtue. (Sony Pictures)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 23 out of 23
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  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    100
    [The novel's] themes have never not been fresh and they gleam here under the sympathetic and enlivening touch of Armstrong and her cast, who move through the events with sunny assurance and complete immersion in character. [21 Dec 1994]
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  2. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Susan Wloszczyna
    100
    Director Gillian Armstrong takes the delicate snow globe that is Little Women and gives it a bold new shake. [21 Dec 1994]
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  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Johanna Steinmetz
    100
    Armstrong and screenwriter Robin Swicord have pared the work's sentimentality and bolstered its intellectual content, [21 Dec 1994]
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    When judgment day comes, and mankind is evaluated on the merits of its spiritual and cultural achievements, this film alone will redeem the infinite inequities of humanity. It will usher us to paradise.… Expand
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