May: Film Month

[painfully short]

Film – little women (2019)

There’s something painfully honest about Jo and Laurie’s relationship in Little Women. At first, it feels like it’s going to be the classic story: two best friends, always laughing, side glances turning into something deeper. You root for them. It just makes sense.

But then it doesn’t happen. And weirdly, that makes even more sense.

Jo and Laurie’s whole dynamic is built on energy– fast, messy, full of spark. They bring out something wild in each other. They understand each other better than almost anyone else does. But the truth is, that doesn’t always mean it works out the way we expect. Laurie wants romance. Jo wants freedom. And neither one of them can quite bend enough to meet in the middle without breaking something important.

It’s frustrating, especially when you’re a teenager and you want love to feel big and obvious and meant-to-be. But Jo saying no isn’t cold. It’s honest. And Laurie being heartbroken isn’t pathetic, it’s real. Sometimes we love people who can’t love us back in the way we need. And sometimes we’re the ones who have to walk away from something good because it’s just not right.

They were almost.
And in some ways– quiet, real, still kind of sad, they always will be.

Not a couple. Not forever.
But a big part of each other’s story.
The kind of almost you remember.

Always that.