Why Hollywood Gets Laurie from 'Little Women' Wrong

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]The 2019 film includes Laurie saying Amy that she should not marry Fred for the sake of money, but the film does not show Laurie doing any work for Amy.

[00:00:10]Laurie doesn't have any kind of growth process in the movie.

[00:00:14]In one of her interviews, Greta Gerwig said that Laurie wants Jo to step into the world of adulthood. What is the book that she has read?

[00:00:22]Laurie in the book is the one character who does not want to grow, and the only reason he wants to marry Jo is that he wouldn't need to take any responsibility on his life.