Why the 1994 Little Women Adaptation Remains a Comfort Classic

‘Sometimes you just need a good cry’: why Little Women is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort films is an ode to the teary 1994 adaptation of the classic novel I have an ongoing argument with some friends about how I refuse to watch Interstellar again, despite considering it a beautiful and well-crafted film. It’s just so sad, I tell them, even with its hopeful ending. A desperate, choking lump forms in my chest as soon as I hear the futuristic swells of Hans Zimmer’s score and I have to remove myself before I am ove...

By Vivian Ho