A Wrinkle In Time
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Movie Reviews of A Wrinkle In Time
Movie Review: Best Movie Ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have never seen a better or more touching movie in my life! Charles Wallace is super adorable! I recomend this movie any day!Movie Review: Charming kids' movie based on old favorite
Summary: 4 Stars
Young viewers will find a lot to like in this movie. Kids save the day (and their father) against overwhelming odds, but with help from some very odd characters. The kids, Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace, offer plenty for anyone who's ever felt outcast for being different from the others. That includes a big message about being yourself despite evrything.
The target audience appears to be the tweenagers for who L'Engle's books were originally intended, so adults might find parts unsophisticated. The darkened land of blind conformity reinforces L'Engle's message, though. Being yourself is important - look what happens when everyone tries to be everyone else. The anti-authority message won't work for all kinds of parents, but I think that, in moderation, it's a healthy habit of mind.
Effects really make this movie, even if the actual nature of a mathematical tesseract gets lost. That helps, because some of the plot elements and especially some of the acting lack in subtlety. The child actors did well, though, including a remarkable performance in portraying six year old Charles Wallace.
I read L'Engle's books, but that was when this 1963 book was relatively new so I've mostly forgotten them. For better or worse, this review addresses the WiT movie by itself, without regard to L'Engle's classic. Any book so beloved inevitably disappoints some who love it most - it can never live up to the world that such a reader has already imagined. I understand that frustration, but lots of us don't have the book fresh in our minds. Try to take it for what it is, not for what it's not. It might not suit the youngest kids, but kids of the right age will like it a lot.
-- wiredweird
Movie Review: Nicely done adaptation of the classic
Summary: 4 Stars
I approached this with some misgivings, after having heard Ms. L'Engle in person during the 80s say that she had the book under option to a film company, but they wanted to make significant changes, including calling Charles Wallace "Chuch". She retained creative control and the film company wouldn't budge, so she let that option lapse.
Fortunately, this version is faithful to the book, although some detail changes are made to make the story easier for kids to identify with (for example, Mom drives a minivan). The acting is uniformly good and I really enjoy the wonderous feel of the score. It was interesting to see how the filmmaker's conception of Mre. Whatsis, Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which, and the details of Camazotz differed from what my imagination created when reading the book.
Movie Review: good adventure
Summary: 4 Stars
it is not identical to the book. in fact, its plot is the only similarity. the movie has its own kind of mood, but is still as DAZZLING as the original book. If you just need a little FAIRYTALE like movie to watch, this would be a good one.
my only disappointment is how little time the characters have to get to know each other. the chemistry is there, but it doesn't get much time. it is rushed, but what motion-picture taken from a book isn't?
POSSITIVE vote from me.
Movie Review: A Wrinkle in Time tv movie
Summary: 4 Stars
Fairly good quality movie with an interesting presupposition by the filmmaker as to the manner of the disappearance of Mr. Murry. (Watch the deleted scenes.) Wanders from the book, but mostly recognizable as Madelyn L'Engle's tale of evil attempting to take over the universe and love conquering evil.