Beth is suspected to have died from what we now call rheumatic heart disease. It's caused by damage to the heart done after a strep infection such as scarlet fever. Severe disease would have left her feeble and weak eventually dying of heart failure.
As a mother, this scene absolutely breaks me. I know this is just a movie, based on a novel, but I wanted so bad to wrap my arms around the mother. There is no pain the same as a mother losing a child.
I think my favorite detail of this movie with the storytelling not being completely linear like every "little women" movie that's come before it but going back and forth to the past to the present. The way it shows the stark contrast of how one event can change your perception of life and how you view it. the past was filmed to be bright, warm and happy and the present was filmed to be monotonous, gray and sad because of Beth's illness that ultimately leads to her death. the similar shots of Jo walking into the kitchen one time with Beth feeling better and the next with her just being gone and her mother being devastated at the loss of one of her children chokes me up every time. Brilliantly done.
When I saw this in theatres, I knew only the most basic information about Little Women and found myself incredibly engrossed in the film. Famously, I gasped when Amy turned down Fred, which caused the audience to laugh in response. But I stand by my shock, even if I’ve had a hundred years to read the book or see another film version!
Beth is suspected to have died from what we now call rheumatic heart disease. It's caused by damage to the heart done after a strep infection such as scarlet fever. Severe disease would have left her feeble and weak eventually dying of heart failure.
Thank you, I was about to ask if anyone knew what she passed from.
My mom survived it in the 50s. It was close. She was in the house for a year.
Emma’s accent was all over the place.
Yall crack me up pointing out stuff like that 😂
She’s an untalented nit-wit.
As a mother, this scene absolutely breaks me. I know this is just a movie, based on a novel, but I wanted so bad to wrap my arms around the mother. There is no pain the same as a mother losing a child.
Based on a novel based on real life. Alcott's sister that Beth is based on did die.
Losing a child is a nightmare you cannot wake from. I know this😢
The same tune played in two different contexts. One happy and one sad. And yet played side by side its heartbreaking
Lost my youngest sister in 2020. She was a very special, dear person. This scene...😢
I share my condolences with you 🙏
I'm very sorry. I'm close to my sister, I cannot imagine.
Bless you 😢❤
Emma Watson's American accent sounds almost just like Susan Egan!!!! fascinating
I think my favorite detail of this movie with the storytelling not being completely linear like every "little women" movie that's come before it but going back and forth to the past to the present. The way it shows the stark contrast of how one event can change your perception of life and how you view it. the past was filmed to be bright, warm and happy and the present was filmed to be monotonous, gray and sad because of Beth's illness that ultimately leads to her death. the similar shots of Jo walking into the kitchen one time with Beth feeling better and the next with her just being gone and her mother being devastated at the loss of one of her children chokes me up every time. Brilliantly done.
7:42 Then, the scene changes from a depressed, frowny face to a smiley face of Jo.
I cried a river, when I read that in a book.
The book is heart breaking as is the wynona ryder movie
still have not done this book justice.
When I saw this in theatres, I knew only the most basic information about Little Women and found myself incredibly engrossed in the film. Famously, I gasped when Amy turned down Fred, which caused the audience to laugh in response. But I stand by my shock, even if I’ve had a hundred years to read the book or see another film version!
Florence was wrong for this role, she looks older than the other sisters and older than her future husband
the fact that john also dies young...
Beth’s death in the book made me so upset dude
Why?? I haven't read the book
@ I don’t remember how it was written. I honestly just remember reading the book and then her death happens, and I was devastated 😂
My younger cousin died from an unforgiving car crash in 2020 because of her impulsive driver. Her death anniversary is approaching soon. 😥
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Bless you 😢❤
Thank u both! That means so much to me!
Wow, this movie butchered the book
Emma Watson is so wrong for this role. So unappealing, so stiff, so smug, so dull. Ugh…