Customer Reviews
Charming kids' movie based on old favorite 
2008-04-30
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
Awesome Movie 
2008-04-07
The movie was great, but the book was even better. My hat goes off to the late Madeleine L'Engle on a job well done. I recommend it for everybody.
A Wrinkle in Time 
2008-01-08
My students read this book in class and were very eager to see the movie to compare it with the book. There are many differences between the book and the movie, but the students seemed to be content with the movie. I can't image how some of the images the author described would be created for the screen, anyway. The story was altered a bit. I would suggest reading the book before viewing the movie. The book is better than the movie.
Boring! 
2007-11-16
This movie is so weird and makes no sense. The story I never figured out. I have seen tons of movie 10 times better than this one. For me watching this movie was a waste of time.
Apple
Nicely done adaptation of the classic 2007-08-28
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.
A Wrinkle in Time tv movie 2008-07-21
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.
Rave review 2008-06-16
I read this book years ago and the movie followed it so well. My kids loved it and they are both teenagers. Good wholesome entertainment.
I Could Just Cry Over This Horrible Adaptation 2008-06-12
The "Wrinkle in Time" book series is my favorite series from childhood. I have read and re-read them more times than I can count over the last 35+ years. The characters, with all their virtues and flaws, are near and dear to my heart. This adaptation contained very little of the wonderful, magical, spiritual story that I love so much. To say I was disappointed with this film would be a great understatement.
If you have never read the book(s) I imagine you will enjoy the movie. The acting is passable, the special effects are well done for a made for TV movie, and the story is interesting. However, if you love the books, avoid this movie at all costs.
I found this statement at the Wikipedia page of the novel: "In an interview with Newsweek, L'Engle said of the film, 'I expected it to be bad, and it is.'"
I feel the need to read the book again to dispel this movie from my mind.
Boring and unlike the book 2008-05-29
This movie is INCREDIBLY boring. I actually fell asleep less than half way through (The sad thing is, I'm NOT KIDDING). The part that I saw was not like the book at all. If they gave this movie a different title, I would not think that it was an adaption of A Wrinkle In Time. I LOVED the book and did not think that it was boring. For this movie however, I felt like the script was written in a week and a half, casting was done in 2 hours, and filming was done in a week. Watch the Harry Potter movies instead. The actors actually show emotion and the special effects are AMAZING (Unlike this movie, where the special effects are equal to that of a school play.).
Time in a Box 2008-05-26
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