Little Women (2019) - I Want to Be Loved Scene (7/10) | Movieclips

Little Women - I Want to Be Loved: Jo (Saoirse Ronan) has a heart to heart with Marmee (Laura Dern).

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FILM DESCRIPTION:
In the years after the Civil War, Jo March lives in New York and makes her living as a writer, while her sister Amy studies painting in Paris. Amy has a chance encounter with Theodore, a childhood crush who proposed to Jo but was ultimately rejected. Their oldest sibling, Meg, is married to a schoolteacher, while shy sister Beth develops a devastating illness that brings the family back together.

CREDITS:
TM & © Sony Pictures Entertainment (2019)
Cast: Laura Dern, Saoirse Ronan
Director: Greta Gerwig
Screenwriter: Greta Gerwig

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[bethbr]

"For this Jo, loneliness is not the lack of romantic partner. Loneliness is the cold tones of an empty attic haunted by the memory of one filled with golden light and laughter of best friends and sisters"

[snowflakes]

"I'm so lonely"
A lot of people misinterpret this scene, saying that she wanted a romantic partner too. But she's saying she misses the days when she would spend the days playing and dreaming with her sisters. She turns around and realises that her childhood is long gone, all her sisters have grown up and married and moved on, and she's left behind all by herself.

[asland]

Jo blurting out the “I’m so lonely” at the end of her speech shows just how tight of a grip she’s had on her feelings and hasn’t really had anyone to talk to about how she really feels so it all just comes out in this moment. Just devastating. And Saoirse plays it so beautifully.

[xyhanx]

As someone who always says that I'm happy to be single at 28, this really hit home.

[jiafeiproductss]

Her Oscar nomination was so well deserved! She's 25 with 4 nominations under her belt! I'm 24 and I still hand in my assignments late....

[MichR]

I don't get why people insist about the Laurie/Jo couple when in this scene she clearly establishes that she doesn't/can't love him that way. She just feels so lonely in this point.

[grahamkristensen]

I think for Jo, admitting to her own loneliness was the hardest thing she ever did. Harder than turning down Laurie, harder than losing her manuscript, harder than leaving her family to pursue her career, harder than all of it.

[skyguy]

"I'm so lonely."

Oof. Felt that.

[paolafolklore]

Women, they have minds and they have souls as well as just hearts. And they've got ambition and they've got talent as well as just beauty, and I'm so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for. I'm so sick of it! But... I am so lonely.

[gabrielapeloso]

I feel this scene so deeply because like Jo, I believe in freedom, and in feminism and that women shouldn’t and don’t aim only for love, but, God, is that a lonely path to take. And admitting that (putting all your beliefs aside) you still want your share of what society tells you should want as woman is tough. And you can see her struggling to even let the words out. Like she is disappointed at herself for the fact that deep down she also wants what everyone else does, to love and specially, be loved.

[mindeloman]

This is the first time a film maker has dove deep into the complicated psychological and emotional hamster wheel of Jo March. Jo is a Metathesiophobic - a fear of change. She finds no comfort in the future. She would prefer they all stay together, never get old, and play in the attic for always. But change is forever linked to the wheel of time. You can't stop it. Suddenly, all of this change starts happening rapidly in her life, as it does for all people when their childhood is at an end. Meg gets married. A dear friend proposes they marry (Laurie, what's the matter with you?!?!) Another sister is well on her way to marrying. (Amy) Then a beloved sister succumbs to illness. These are things that can't be undone and it's all happening too fast. This scene is a moment that is more than Jo grieving for Beth. This is Jo March grieving the loss of her innocence and childhood. As everyone else is going along with their individual lives, Jo has either consciously or subconsciously chosen to never emotionally grow up. Beth's death is what shook the foundation of her security, which as it turns out, was an insecurity. It's sort of a Jungian thing. We all have 2 stages of life. That first stage is all about accumulation. We are building a container and trying to fill it with stuff. Education, experiences, relationships, career, property, house, cars, children, and etc.. We're on this goal centered path of obtaining all of this and a many of us can lose sight of the really important stuff. At some point we reach the stage where we try to figure out what all that accumulation means/meant. Most have to be initiated over to that second stage by one who has already crossed over, but life can force a premature crossing. Usually a traumatic event can cause it. Perhaps a death of a loved one or a divorce. Trauma has a way of forcing you to refocus on the important things of which you lost sight. A lot of people who don't cross over early will naturally find it at middle-age when panic can set in at the notion there are fewer years ahead than there are behind. This is when some people go in to crisis mode and try to accumulate all they ever wanted because now, life doesn't seem so endless. This is often referred to as a "mid-life crisis". But back on topic: This scene is the painful crossing over of Jo March and she's fortunate to have a mother to guide her. We have to take courage to see life through to the end. Invariably, there will be more setback, loss, and hurt than accomplishment, gain, and joy. To truly live, you have to open yourself up to vulnerability...….and you will love...….and you will be hurt. If one is fortunate to live into old age, a great many you loved will pass before you, but if you did it right - the joy their memories bring will help to out-weigh all the hurt brought by the loss. seemed to have rambled.

"Up in the garret, where Jo's unquiet wanderings ended; stood four little wooden chests in a row, each marked with its owners name, and each filled with relics of the childhood and girlhood ended now for all."

[dl]

So heart wrenching. Ever since “Atonement”, Saoirse Ronan has been nothing short of breathtaking.

[ririririPXN]

Well, when I saw the movie coming out I really felt we didn't need another little women adaptation. As it proves this was the only adaptation we needed. The book done right. Not romanticizing the past but portraying these women as real people with real and deep emotions.

[AlexK-dfto]

I love this scene. Jo is such a complex character in a world where the "end all" for women is "romantic love." But she just wants friends and family, and feels it being taken from her. As a woman who is a lot like Jo - uninterested in romance - it's hard even in our modern day to not feel lonely sometimes. I don't want romance because it goes against what would make me happy, but we live in a world where romance is prized over friendships and sometimes even familial bonds, leaving those who don't want romance feeling isolated. I LOVE that Greta Gerwig ended Jo's story more mysteriously - perhaps hinting that she truly did never marry - reflecting Alcott's own life. It's so refreshing and representation that is much needed.

[senaaydn]

I can't believe that I come back to this clip once in a while, just to hear someone else speak out my exact feelings...

[MelissaNgai]

Her acting is so impeccable. It's true and heartfelt and you cant help but hold your breath as she struggles to find her words before saying that's she's lonely.

[SabrinaCingolaniSazzle]

“That is not the same as loving”
“I know.”
And yet people keep shipping Laurie and Jo, for what?

[anxiousbean]

“I’m so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for! I’m so sick of it. But I’m s- I’m so lonely.” This has been my mindset for such a long time. I love this movie so much and I haven’t even seen it yet

[MissPumpkin]

"But do you love him?"
"I care more to be loved"
There is your answer. She was lonely, her closest sister died, her career was going nowhere, she was feeling like a failure. That is not a proper state of mind to marry someone. People like to ignore all that just beacuse they looked cute together. But love is more than just that

[michaellewis]

She wants exactly what she doesn't want and this hurts her. :(