This cinematic update ultimately not so much honors its source material but exploits it; Unfortunately, the updating does the venerable story few favors, and the lack of star wattage makes this "Little Women" a dull affair
first-time feature director Clare Niederpruem gives it her very earnest all, but falls short both on continuity issues... and on making her gradually aging cast match up
Clare Niederpruem's modern-day "Little Women," created in honor of the Louisa May Alcott novel's 150th anniversary, rights what many readers have long felt to be a horrible wrong
Clare Niederpruem fails to engage with her central, powerful idea. Despite setting "Little Women" in modern times, the film is disinterested in using the new period to explore the bigger questions at the heart of May Alcott's novel