A Wrinkle In Time [DVD]

On one level this is a traditional good verses evil story with a message for young viewers to believe in themselves etc. Three children (at least one of which is not average) set out on an adventure across dimensional barriers in search of the father of two of the children. They receive advice but little actual help form three strange women. The children carry the story line, which is not totally predictable.The story is easy to follow and the special effects are fairly good. Do not expect an adult adventure film, this movie did not get the more sophisticated treatment which "Harry Potter" or "The Lord of the Rings" got, it is still geared to a younger audience. On the other hand it is well enough written and acted that most older audiences will not feel that their intelligence is being insulted.I skimmed through the older reviews of this movie and it seems that most of the poor ratings were from people who had read the book and did not feel the movie did justice to the book. I can not comment on this aspect of the movie due to the fact that I have not read the book.

I loved this movie with only one minor complaint: a scene in the book has Charles Wallace interpreting the star song as singing "to the Lord." The movie changed this to "about joy."I like movies that stay true to the book or as close as possible. I despise remakes for the sake of political correctness. I'm disappointed with Madeleine L'Engel for releasing a new version of her book to resemble the Disneyfied movie.If you want a version of the movie that stays true to the original story, this is the one.

It has been a while since I have read Madeleine L'Engle's classic children's novel when I sat down to watch the movie with my kids (who had read the novel). The movie is old enough that the special effects are not terribly special, but overall the results are not too bad.As always some of the detail in the book is missing but overall the feel and essence of the story has been maintained. Meg pulls off a nuanced performance and her relationship with Calvin stays on the right side of teen romance. I thought Charles Wallace's performance is astounding regardless of his age and even more so considering that he was only 8 at the time.My 9 year old liked it while my 12 year old got hung up on the special effects and the anachronistic elements in the movie (wow what a difference 11 years makes in technological progress) and wasn't too impressed.

Let's be real and say that this version had to have been a crazy-low-budget version that must have gone straight to video, but you know what? It still sticks to the actual book WAAAAAAAY better than the new version. The new one is nice to look at, and if you haven't read the book, you'll love it. This one is actually kind of laughable to watch in places (we watch, laugh, re-watch, laugh, re-watch, laugh at the scene where Mrs. Whatsit transforms into the "most beautiful creature" Meg has ever seen and then flies the kids to see the dark thing--she looks kind of like a running molar), but dangit, it still makes my students and me less frustrated to watch this one than the new one because it at least seems like the writers had read the book and not the SparkNotes version.

My favorite novel. A start on my love of Sci Fi as a child. L'Engle was a great storyteller. I like that they say this movie is based on the book in the beginning, Somehow acknowledges that it won't be exact to childhood imagination and manages expectations. This story should be read. The tone of this version is like the book and starts off pretty much the same. I enjoyed this version of the story perhaps more because I saw the 2018 movie and I couldn't believe how badly that version destroyed the magic and joy (and characters) of the original story. Read the book- a must ; but this version is not bad.

Enjoyable for adults and children, for any fan of the author. Goes by the book

After having read the Newbury award winning novel by Madeline L’Engle, I knew not to expect a movie that was on a par with that. That’s sort of miracle is rare. Sophie‘s choice. The silence of the lamb.But I’m sad to say that this film is a bit of a disappointment. It isn’t just that the script and the director and cinematographer all barely scrape the surface regarding the content, the pathos and the urgency of this story. The bottom line is that the film makers seem to have missed the important points entirely. “A wrinkle in Time“ is about the power of love within the battle between good and evil. This is just blade between Meg and her father, but only on the superficial level.In this film we never see people love that exists between the children and Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Who. Nor are these three characters given me any kind of depth, Which leaves him to languish outside of the story is nothing more than oddities. The same can be tr which leaves him to languish outside of the story is nothing more than oddities. The same can be said about Aunt Beast, the loving and gentle being who heals Meg after she narrowly escapes It from the dark planet. They failed to camp sure the instant rapport between Kilbourn and Meg, both of whom are extraordinary has to outs in school because they are extraordinary abilities to love.Sadly it is the missing love of Mrs. Murray that hurts this film the most. She’s a remarkable and strong woman who work in physics and sciences alongside her husband while they raised it together there for children. With her husband turns out that missing, and Mrs. Murray is fairly certain about his fate, it is her love from the first page to the very last that acts not only a bond but a conduit with virtually every single character in the book.In this film, all of this love seems secondary and privacy even unimportant to the creators.This book was published in 1962 men but with stands on its own beautifully, it bears mentioning that this was the height of the cold war, where the battle between good and evil appeared in every facet of culture, news, art, and family life on a daily basis. At the same time we cannot this book was published in 1962 Manville it stands on its own beautifully, it bears mentioning that this was the height of the cold war, where the battle between good and evil appeared in every facet of culture, news, art, and family life on a daily basis. At the same time we cannot ignore the Orwellian lessons here: this is the result of giving up your rights, whether Constitutional, moral, or philosophical. The final showdown is between the brain and the heart. Something the creators also failed to stress. It is not enough with material such as this to simply tell the plot. The story is interesting, yes, but to disregard the intent, the subtext, and the beauty behind every action is a sad waste of money, effort, talent, and the two hours of time the audience will never get back.

The books were one of the highlights of school, and lead to my great love of science fiction, but this movie was a horrible deception.

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The screenwriter(s) are definitely L'Engle fans, or at least read the entire series, because this adaptation is much more accurate than I expected from a made-for-TV movie. There are blink-and-you'll-miss-them references to other books in the series (eg. the "star-watching rock" is an important location, but it's not really mentioned in the books until "A Swiftly Tilting Planet"; Calvin and Dr. Murry can be heard talking about starfish, which relates to research Calvin does as an adult much later, etc) I was impressed by those details. Unlike the recent theatrical adaptation, Meg and Charles Wallace's twin brothers are present, as they should be. Even Fortinbras the dog is there and is mentioned, and Mr. Jenkins. And most importantly, Aunt Beast is in this version! She's my favourite character in the book and it's a shame she never made it to the theatrical version. The special effects are dated and were probably not great even when it first aired, and I didn't like the Happy Medium at all, but the kids did surprisingly well, as did the actors playing the Murry parents. Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which I was less impressed with, though Alfre Woodard's Mrs. Whatsit was pretty good. Overall, it's a stronger adaptation in terms of matching up to the book than the 2018 version, even with a smaller budget.

As I have said before not all region 1 will play on multi region DVD machines. This DVD will playback on one of my multi region machines but play back is in green don't understand this can someone help