A Wrinkle in Time 2018

     This film is based on a book by Madeleine L’Engle published in 1961.  Thirteen-year-old Meg’s father Dr. Alex Murry is a well-renowned astrophysicist.  He was working on a new form of space travel and he disappeared.  Meg’s mother Dr. Kate Murry believes her husband teleported to another world?  Meg has a LOT of trouble with bullying in school.  She has a younger brother Charles Wallace and he tries to stand up for himself and also for Meg.  One evening, Charles Wallace welcomes Mrs. Whatsit into their home?  Meg reminds him that they are not allowed to let strangers into the house?  Mrs. Whasit informs them that their father was investigating a tesseract and this is a real type of space travel.  The next day, Meg and a classmate Calvin O’Keefe go to the house of Mrs. Who.  She speaks only in quotations and she knows Charles Wallace?  Calvin meets Meg and Charles Wallace in their backyard.  Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who appear with another woman, Mrs. Which.  She is the oldest of the three women and she appears as a giant.  They say they are astral travelers.

     I have read the book A Wrinkle in Time and I think it’s much better than this movie!!  This film works for kids but the book satisfies both children and adults?  It was nice to see the three women in their makeup and costumes but self-visualization is more powerful than seeing them in this film!!   There were some reviewers that thought this film should not be PG rated because it’s scary and creepy in some scenes?  I had trouble keeping interesting and there was a LOT of unexplained confusion!!  2* (I didn’t like this movie)

109 min, Adventure directed by Ava DuVernay with Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Levi Miller Deric McCae, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Pena, Andre Holland, Rowan Blanchard, Bellamy Young David Oyelowo, Conrad Roberts.

Note:  Imdb 4.2 out of 10, 42% critic 29% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 2 ½*, Amazon 3* out of 5* with 664 reviews, Common Sense Media 3* out of 5*, age 10+, positive 4*, role models 4*, violence 3*, sex 1*, language 1*, The Guardian 2* out of 5* Wendy Ide.

Special Note:  The novel has 4.5* out of 5* with 3454 reviews on Amazon.  Filmed in Eureka, Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, California and Otago, New Zealand.  The theatrical release of this film was cancelled in several overseas countries (Belgium and Netherlands). There were mixed-to-negative critical reactions and a disappointing box-office in the US.  Instead, the release overseas was straight to Video-on-Demand unless it was thought to be profitable in certain countries.  Oprah Winfrey didn’t audition for her role.  She was texting Director Ava DuVernay and Ava mentioned a new release of A Wrinkle in Time.  DuVernay asked if she could work with Winfrey.  The gross was $132.7 million worldwide with $250 million spent on production and advertisement.  The gross needed to be at least $400 million to turn a profit.  The Disney Studio lost an estimated $86-186 million.