The only thing this film has in common with the charming book by Louisa May Alcott is the title and a handful of character similarities. The plot is entirely different from the one in the book. In this film, Uncle Fritz and Aunt Jo are in danger of losing Plumfield and get involved with a suspect financial investment to save it. Wait, what? The new plot has none of the tender interactions of the book and fails as an adaptation. Taken as a film on its own, its just not good entertainment. The addition of the two new characters, coupled with the dreadful acting on almost everyone's part means this is only interesting in an "oh my, isn't this hilariously bad?" sort of way. For that reason, it gets the extra star.
Pass the popcorn, and give me the book.
Pass the popcorn, and give me the book.