Little Women

This is the best screen adaptation of Little Women that I've ever seen, and I've seen every one (both film and TV - single episode and series) made in English, even horridly "modernized" versions.

I read Little Women for the first time when I was 9 years old. I reread it at least once a year for the next 10 years and every few years for the next couple of decades. I modelled my behaviour and attitudes on the March girls the way they modelled their behaviour on Pilgrims Progress (an element of the book thankfully left out of this adaptation). To my mind, this film adaptation is truer to the spirit of this book, while channeling ideas from other Alcott favourites of mine (An Old Fashioned Girl and Rose in Bloom) and from Alcott's own life. My favourite moment of the film comes near the very end, a scene between Jo and her publisher, that does not come from the books, but represents Alcott life and intent faithfully.

And oh yes, the soundtrack is exquisite.