Little Women: A Much Different Story

Little Women: A Much Different Story is an anime film released on September 24, 2021. The film is based on the 1987 Little Women anime and is known as a comeback.

Plot
In a very much different story surrounding the little women, It's up to Jo and Amy to rescue Beth and Meg after they are taken to prison for a crime they didn't do.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The film does a very good job by telling people that they might find the film an entire waste of a great concept. But luckily, there isn't that much comedy so it's suitable for anyone who's read the Little Women stories or watched the movies or shows based on it.
 * 2) Thanks to James Wong's improvement from his last film Dragonball Evolution, he was able to do his first animated movie similar to a lot of other anime and he was able to get the designs of the characters right just like how Andrew Stanton did with the Blazblue movies.
 * 3) Beautiful animation, even for 2021 anime standards.
 * 4) The concept of a different story about Little Women is a very good concept and it isn't poorly executed.
 * 5) The casting choices are amazing such as Elle Fanning as Meg, Katherine Heigl as Jo, Emma Berman as Beth and Cherami Leigh as Amy,
 * 6) At times, the movie can tend to have a strong Studio Ghibli feeling which is nice.
 * 7) Amazing original score by Alan Silvestri.
 * 8) Officer Marduk makes a very entertaining villain and his backstory is quite emotional.
 * 9) The voice acting, while already mentioned is still good.
 * 10) Plenty of funny moments, such as when Amy scares Jo in the shower.
 * 11) The scene where Amy begins to leave Jo after she mentions that her father spanked her before is pretty emotional.
 * 12) The ending is very funny as Jo sees most characters from former programming that aired on a christian channel called Smile (Formerly known as Smile of A Child) that were removed from the network in different years.

The Only 2 Bad Qualities

 * 1) Regarding WIR #10, Amy could've been seen as a little bit unlikable at that point but she does get more likable throughout the movie.
 * 2) While Amy scaring Jo in the shower was funny, it's a bit rude to scare people in the shower in reality.

Trivia

 * 1) In the original script, Amy would use a telephone to contact Mrs Spencer but due to the fact that the telephone didn't exist till 1876, it was written out and replaced by Amy going to walk to her instead.

Box Office
In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Deleted and Dear Evan Hansen and was projected to gross $6-8 million over it's opening weekend. It made $3.4 million on its first day and $11.6 million in its opening weekend, finishing third at the box office behind Shang Chi And The Legend of The Ten Rings and Malignant. The film was marked as a box office hit by grossing 13.4 million over it's first few days.