Film Review: Little Women

Like a deftly skilled croupier, Gerwig seamlessly reshuffles the narrative like cards that fall straight into a royal flush.

Cinema has been a lot this year. We’ve seen Robert Pattinson masturbating furiously in a stinky sea enclave, people burnt alive at a Swedish summer retreat, sad space travel, an imaginary Hitler, doppelganger-horror, pop-terrorism – even a space dungeon with a fuckbox. And so to end the year with quiet naturalism, a U-rated family drama about four sisters and their love for another, could have been anticlimactic. But the stunning performances given by the ensemble cast, coupled with gorgeous cinematography and a brave, heartfelt script, elevate this tale where no other adaptation has before. Never saccharine despite its sugar-sweet premise…

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