Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott, and unfolds as the author’s alter ego, Jo March, reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig’s take, the beloved story of the March sisters – four young women each determined to live life on their own terms – is both timeless and timely. Portraying Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth March, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, with Timothée Chalamet as their neighbor Laurie, Laura Dern as Marmee, and Meryl Streep as Aunt March.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR. electrifies as the man who could talk to animals: Dolittle. After losing his wife, he hermits himself away behind the high wall of his manor, but is forced to set sail on an epic adventure when the queen falls gravely ill. Helping Dolittle in search of a rare cure are his rambunctious animal friends – including Chee-Chee (Oscar® winner RAMI MALEK), an anxious, self-conscious gorilla; Dab-Dab (Oscar® winner OCTAVIA SPENCER), an enthusiastic but birdbrained duck; the bickering duo of cynical, neurotic ostrich Plimpton (KUMAIL NANJIANI) and chilly-but-chill polar bear Yoshi (JOHN CENA); as well as a headstrong parrot named Polynesia (Oscar® winner EMMA THOMPSON).