Louisa May Alcott's Little Men

Children's filmmaking at its most sanctimonious, apparently designed to cash in on the success of the most recent version of Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN, right down to the casting of Chris Sarandon (he's the ex-husband of Susan Sarandon, who played Little Women's Marmee) as Professor Bhaer. The story follows headstrong Jo March (Mariel Hemingway), who's married to Bhaer and runs a progressive school for difficult children at their rustic home, Plumfield. Street urchin Nat (Michael Caloz), a talented violinist, is sent to them by her sister Meg's husband John (Serge Houde), who rescued the boy from a scrape with the police. Nat is soon joined by his friend Dan (Ben...