Greta Gerwig's LITTLE WOMEN (2019)

The novel is in many ways the star

Itself in this new adaptation. We

Start off with Jo a-publishing (we are

In awe that hand-penned manuscripts could be 

Considered, once) and time is split into

The "past" we know, the "present" near the end

Of Alcott's book. It works! I mean, if you

Consider Jo the heroine, my friend. 

The cast is great, and Massachusetts shows 

To best advantage. Chalamet, though, seems

Attenuated somehow. Heaven knows

Who thought he couldn't stand up to the schemes

Of these March girls at his more nat'ral height.

I hope Jo's Boys someday might see the light.