A Little Women’s Christmas

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Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 7 (mild themes, lack of interest)

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This topic contains:

  • overall comments and recommendations
  • details of classification and consumer advice lines for A Little Women’s Christmas
  • a review of A Little Women’s Christmas completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 9 December 2025.

Overall comments and recommendations

Children under 5 Not suitable due to mild themes and lack of interest.
Children aged 5–7 Parental guidance recommended due to mild themes and potential lack of interest.
Children aged 8 and over Ok for this age group.

About the movie

This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines. Other classification advice (OC) is provided where the Australian film classification is not available.

Name of movie: A Little Women’s Christmas
Classification: PG
Consumer advice lines: Mild themes
Length: 84 minutes

ACCM review

This review of the movie contains the following information:

A synopsis of the story

In this Christmas themed, faith-based reimagining of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Jo March (Jillian Murray) is a successful children’s author struggling to branch out into Young Adult fiction. When her first YA manuscript is rejected by her publisher, she is given just two weeks to come up with a brand-new idea. Jo decides to spend Christmas in her hometown, in the hopes that spending time with her beloved sisters Meg (Jen Lilley), Beth (Laura Osnes) and Amy (Julia Reilly) will help her find some inspiration.

Unbeknownst to Jo, her publisher had sent Editor Fritz (Trevor Donovan) to keep an eye on her progress. However, when Fritz runs into Jo unexpectedly at a coffee shop, he panics, failing to tell her he had been sent to keep her on track.

As Jo searches for ideas, she finds herself inspired by the love she shares with her sisters and the faith that anchors her family and community. When an unexpected romance begins to blossom between Jo and Fritz, and his dishonesty is revealed, Jo must rely on the support of her sisters to heal her broken heart and decide if she can learn to trust him again.

Themesinfo

Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.

Religion and Faith; Military Families; Christmas.

Use of violenceinfo

Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.

Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.

  • None noted.

Material that may scare or disturb children

Under fiveinfo

Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.

In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children under the age of five, including the following:

  • In one scene, Jo and Fritz argue in slightly raised voices. The conversation remains respectful, and Fritz is apologetic.

Aged five to eightinfo

Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.

In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes and scary visual images, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged five to eight, including the following:

  • Fritz briefly mentions that his mother had passed away a few years ago. He does not show any signs of distress.
  • Jo briefly mentions a character that lost his life in the conflict between the US and the “Middle East”, and how they created a free weekly lunch for veterans in his honour.
  • Meg is shown distressed on several occasions, as she believes that her husband won’t be able to take military leave over Christmas, devastating their young daughter.

Aged eight to thirteeninfo

Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.

  • Nothing further noted.

Product placement

The following products are displayed or used in this movie:

  • There is heavy use of religious iconography throughout, including crosses and nativity scenes. Characters quote the Bible on several occasions.
  • A Tesla is shown being driven on two separate occasions.
  • Apple products feature heavily throughout the film. Specifically, MacBooks are often placed in the centre of a scene while characters are using the computer, and characters are shown in zoomed-in shots, speaking on iPhones and using iPads.
  • A TAMA drum kit is shown being used by the church band.

Sexual references

There are some sexual references in this movie, including:

  • A character proposes to Amy, and they kiss.
  • Jo and Fritz kiss once on the check, then properly kiss on several occasions throughout the movie.
  • Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy are often shown giggling and gossiping about various men.

Nudity and sexual activity

There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:

  • Meg and her husband kiss passionately when they are reunited.

Use of substances

  • None noted.

Coarse language

There is some coarse language in this movie, including:

  • Idiot.

In a nutshell

A Little Women’s Christmas is a romantic Christmas film that emphasises family connection, with a heavily religious theme. For families willing to overlook some cheesy dialogue and production that feels unpolished and disjointed at times, there’s a charming holiday story at the film’s core. While there are no significant violent or scary scenes, A Little Women's Christmas is not suitable under 5 years and parental guidance is recommended under 8 due to mild themes and possible lack of interest.

The main messages from this movie are that family is the greatest gift of all; and that nothing can keep you from what you want to do.

Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:

  • Family
  • Sibling connection
  • Community support
  • Love
  • Charity
  • Perseverance.

This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with their children attitudes and behaviours, and their real-life consequences, such as:

  • A character expresses low self-worth, feeling that his girlfriend is better than him. Why is this way of thinking problematic? What could we do instead of trying to validate our self-worth through other people?
  • Throughout the film, several characters are dishonest and lie to their loved ones out of shame or embarrassment. While there are no negative consequences in the film, this is not always the case in real life. Parents may want to discuss these implications with their children.
  • Parents may want to be aware of subtle American patriotic undertones in the film, and several characters are either veterans or serving in the US military, portrayed in a slightly glorified way.
  • The conflict between the United States and the “Middle East” is brought up on several occasions. Parents may want to note that this is considered outdated language with racist implications and could discuss respectful alternatives.