George Sanders in ' All About Eve ' was very witty about Louisa M. Alcott and not very kind. I tend to agree with the intrinsic and annoying sentimentality of her writings. I cannot ' gush ' over her as others have done here, and this version directed by Gillian Armstrong is arguably better than the previous versions I have known. Katherine Hepburn was in the first I saw and no one in this cast comes anywhere near her. Winona Ryder is good in Hepburn's role, but lacking the fire and Christian Bale is bland beyond belief. Good looking but bland, but to say something nice to please readers he can be much better ( American Psycho ) comes to mind. Susan Sarandon does not convince at all and the house they live in poverty in is startlingly luxurious!! But the story is told well and the narrative is clear, and this is a bonus. I saw it out of a sense of hope that I would like the story better, but Mary Wickes is superb and she gets the 6 vote from me. But then she was a truly great supporting actor, and she encourages me in the greatest human response of all; a smile.
Review of Little Women
