I have recently been reading this book with my daughter, so I decided to try the movie. I liked this version. The movie recounted so much of the book which was pleasant. I know some reviewers didn't like that certain things were left out of the movie, but I didn't mind. There is no way to fit everything into a movie.Katherine Hepburn was just as I imagined Jo to be except Katherine Hepburn was too old to play Jo in my opinion. The ages of the actors were the only thing that threw me off-- everyone was much older than the book! The girls were in their early teens when the book starts. In the movie, they appeared to be in their 20's and 30's and their parents were older Grandparent ages. It did not distract too much from the movie. I would recommend this movie to any Little Women fan.