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A Wrinkle in Time is visually gorgeous, big-hearted, and occasionally quite moving; unfortunately, it's also wildly ambitious to a fault, and often less than the sum of its classic parts.

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Jenn Jackson Bitch Media The fantastic journey through space and time was as engaging visually as it was narratively. Mar 5, 2021 Full Review Caryn James BBC.com The film's themes of love, family and self-acceptance are powerful enough to resonate with audiences. But the concept and casting shouldn't be the most magical parts of a fantasy film, no matter how enchanting its message is. Rated: 3/5 Apr 26, 2018 Full Review Ryan Gilbey New Statesman What DuVernay has delivered is essentially a feature-length screensaver which operates on the assumption that cinema for children is a matter of bright colours and dippy sentiment. Mar 29, 2018 Full Review Caroline Cao Vague Visages A Wrinkle in Time is for kids, and I mean 'made for kids' in the supportive definition rather than the usual lazy and disparaging connotation that's carelessly applied to more lukewarm family films. Dec 14, 2023 Full Review Brian T. Carney Washington Blade The visually impressive adventure saga gets bogged down in corny dialogue. Dec 8, 2022 Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson This colossal springboard from the family film of teen issues to the epic intergalactic adventure "A Wrinkle in Time" desires to be is more than a little haphazard. Rated: 2/5 Jun 26, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

Torri M I was expecting so much more… I love the book series and even the older movie version of the story was better done. So disappointed! Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/25 Full Review José Rhaí M The movie has a good script, but the special effects and acting ruin the movie, the movie had a lot of potential, but it was all wasted with horrible acting and special effects so bad that they make me want to put acid in my eyes, i confess that there is moments where CGI is well used, but most of the scenes have bad special effects, the name of the movie is A Wrinkle in Time, but they should change the name to A Waste in Time Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/17/25 Full Review Sandy M What a truly horrible move!! If they would have made it like the book and it would have been great! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/18/24 Full Review Francisco H The worst movie I've ever watched. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/03/24 Full Review Thomas R Never read the book before and probably should’ve read it instead of watching this Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/05/24 Full Review Sdogman1 S Complete rubbish, just go read the book. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/11/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes - The Round Room A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes - The Round Room 1:28 A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes - Working with Ava A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes - Working with Ava 1:08 A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes - Multiple Locations A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes - Multiple Locations 0:59 A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes - Oprah A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes - Oprah 1:24 A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes - Filming in New Zealand A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes - Filming in New Zealand 1:02 A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes - Diversity A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes - Diversity 1:28 A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes- Bloopers A Wrinkle in Time: Behind the Scenes- Bloopers 0:45 A Wrinkle in Time: Behind The Scenes - Designing the Mrs. A Wrinkle in Time: Behind The Scenes - Designing the Mrs. 1:07 A Wrinkle in Time: Behind The Scenes - Deric McCabe A Wrinkle in Time: Behind The Scenes - Deric McCabe 1:35 A Wrinkle in Time: Behind The Scenes - Ava's Vision A Wrinkle in Time: Behind The Scenes - Ava's Vision 1:12 View more videos

Synopsis Meg Murry and her little brother, Charles Wallace, have been without their scientist father, Mr. Murry, for five years, ever since he discovered a new planet and used the concept known as a tesseract to travel there. Joined by Meg's classmate Calvin O'Keefe and guided by the three mysterious astral travelers known as Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which, the children brave a dangerous journey to a planet that possesses all of the evil in the universe.

Director

Ava DuVernay

Producer

James Whitaker, Catherine Hand

Screenwriter

Jennifer Lee

Distributor

Walt Disney

Production Co

Whitaker Entertainment

Rating

PG (Thematic Elements|Some Peril)

Genre

Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

Mar 9, 2018, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)

Sep 24, 2018

Box Office (Gross USA)

$100.5M

Runtime

1h 49m

Sound Mix

Dolby Atmos

Aspect Ratio

Scope (2.35:1)

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