Shout by Saint Pauly

Little Women 2019

Little Women is like that time I ate cow tongue: I knew I wasn't going to like it until I tried it and was amazed at how delicious it was.

And judging by how much I liked Little Women, Greta Gerwig must have made the cow tongue as well because her special sauce is what made the movie so great. Sure, Saoirse Ronan just tears up the screen with her magnificence but it's Gerwig's delicate touch that gives the images their depth, the characters their heart and the story its soul. She proves here that she's more than just a director of quirky indie films: she's capable of making great movies on a grand scale.

Simultaneously smiling and losing the fight to hold back tears, I wasn't prepared for how emotional I would feel watching this period piece and my heart hasn't been touched like this and moved so much in a long while.

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