Sunday, July 7, 2013

A Wrinkle in Time 2003


A Wrinkle in Time

     This is a made-for-TV adaptation of a novel by Madeleine L’Engle.  Meg Murry and her brother Charles Wallace travel across time and space to save their father.  Meg’s school friend and neighbor Calvin goes along with them.  They receive help and guidance from Mrs. Watsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which.  Dr. Jack Murray is a physicist and he was experimenting with fifth-dimension time travel when he disappeared without a trace.  Everyone in the family really misses him and the children are hoping to bring him back through their own travel in time.
     You can tell this was made for TV because of the spacing left for the commercials.  I enjoyed reading this novel but it was quite a while ago so I don’t know how closely this film follows the book.  I think the book was probably much better using your imagination because the special effects are dated.  3* (This movie is OK)

138 min, Family directed by John Kent Harrison with Katie Stuart, David Dorfman Alison Elliott, Kate Nelligan, Kyle Secor, Gregory Smith, Alfre Woodard.

Note:  Blockbuster 3 ½*, imdb 5.7 out of 10, 46% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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