'Little Women' review: 4 stars for Greta Gerwig's terrific version of the classic

Fresh off "Lady Bird" (2017), a wonderful movie about a young writer leaving home, the writer-director Greta Gerwig has made another wonderful movie about a young writer leaving home, although she ends up there.

Gerwig has taken on Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women," which she begins with a title card featuring Alcott's own words: "I had lots of troubles, so I write jolly tales."

With an established and frequently adapted classic, it's useful to tip your hand and let the audience know what it's in for straight away. The new film's pacing and rhythm reveals Gerwig's full-gallop approach to the four March sisters, their