Review of A Wrinkle in Time (2018) by Scott S — 14 Mar 2018

A Wrinkle in Time is a mediocre movie at best. The story of one girl's journey to find her father (and her self) is very powerful. The special effects are stunning and groundbreaking. Where the film falls short is on two levels.

First, it takes too many liberties with the source material. With its religious undertones in the book, the film disregards all of those elements that helped drive the story and characters to the climatic end.

Second, it is a film with hesitation. It tries to be somewhat true to the original source material while trying to update it for the modern audience. It leads to some moments being awkward and unpolished.

If you want to see a well polished film, that is faithful to it's source material, then I would not watch this film.