One of the best parts of the movie is how at the end is the first time we actually see the girls as children being played by children when the whole movie we’ve screen the adult actors playing them. I got chills.
It's metaphorical, the book and the movie are based on real stories, but throughout the movie you have the reader/viewer's point of view, as if the characters were just fictional. In this scene we are away from Jo, it's the real version of her, outside the book, she recalls the memories as they really happened.
She is a wonder. So good in all her roles. I think she and Florence Pugh are really splendid in this film. Ronan is up there with the other great British female film actors of our time - she is on par with Emma Thompson, Tilda Swinton and Imelda Staunton.
The ending is the best scene, Jo holding the book close to her chest thinking of Beth and just remembering when they were little and innocent. She's sad but is happy and proud of where she is now ❤
The way I interpret this scene is that we see kids playing the sisters for the first time because now, you are not seeing the perspective of the reader, you are seeing the perspective of Jo (or Louisa May Alcott), thinking about her sisters and their journey. In this scene, you see Jo while she's accomplishing her dream but from her perspective, not the readers. Stunning. Greta is an amazing director.
Which can also be interpreted why for the final shot, we see her through glass, and not in actual person like we have seen her the rest of the film. I JUST SAW THIS MOVIE TODAY AND I AM SO STUNNED GRETA GERWIG IS SO SPECTACULAR DUDE‼️‼️‼️
Fun fact: May Alcott (Amy March) died just seven weeks after giving birth to her daughter, from what doctors believe was childbirth fever. So she just survived the plot of Little Woman.
Finally watched this movie! Beautiful, emotional ending. I do love how Gerwig made it ambiguous, though I personally love the idea of the real ending being Jo at the school with the professor. I kind of imagine that the red books on the table are of her published book after it has been printed and it’s a happy ending, but I’m a romantic. The music is gorgeous, nostalgic and a bit melancholy too if we imagine that Jo ends up alone with her book. Either way it’s beautifully done. I loved this film a lot and I’m a huge fan of the 1994 version.
I do feel bad for Louisa. She didn’t want her character Jo to get married because that wasn’t Jo’s personality. Louisa was definitely born in the wrong time. In that era, people do want to read about women finding their Prince Charming and not being a spinster. She was forced to change the ending so it would sell. If she has written it today it may have sold today. I don’t have anything against marriage or being a mom, if that’s what you want, that’s wonderful. But not every girl wants to get married or have kids. I like romance and I also like seeing the girl not getting married because it makes the girls who don’t want to get married have a role model to look up to, to say it’s okay you don’t have to get married or have kids, you can still be happy. Kudos to you Louisa. I understand you!
I have always wondered what Jo we are seeing in the last scene. She seems proud to have finally become a writer with a published book but also slightly sad. I can imagine it is due to the hardship and loss necessary to write such a book. But perhaps this Jo never married the professor and she is still feeling lonely. Just my guess.
I always felt as if she’s just finally in such a proud state that she’s never known before! I don’t think she’s sad to such a degree! All of her dreams came true and now she’s like “what’s next?” The standstill!
Lmao, i guess i'm not the only one who have theory that Jo never actually married and that happy ending was actually what Jo wrote in the novel will be looks like
I'm so confused about the ending. what did actually happen when her family told her to go after the professor if she wanted to stay single? did she go but they stayed as friends or didn't she? and if she didn't go after him, why's he in the last frame? someone explain please... and is it the same ending in the book?
In the book, Jo marries the professor. But in the movie, it's an open ending. The professor is in the last frame, but that doesn't have to mean they are married. He must've just came to the party. It's upto us to decided it. It was done like this because, the author of little women (Louisa May Alcott) didn't want Jo to get married. But she was forced to do that. Also Alcott (who is the real life Jo) didn't marry.
