A Wrinkle in Time (NR, 2006)

I love the book so when I saw this movie at the library, I just had to get it. All of my sisters and brothers watched this with me and no one like it really, not even me. We all thought that it was kind of dumb and that they should have gotten different people to play in this movie.

I had to read the book for school, and then we watched a part of this movie in class when we were done. OK, i just have one question for you: WHY IS THE HAPPY MEDIUM A MAN-LADY?!!? ARE YOU TRYING TO SCARE SMALL CHILDREN? And my other concern is, when Mrs. Whatsit was talking to them through the TV, I it scared the heck outta me and all my 11 and 12 year old classmates! That was the scariest part of what we got to watch! I saw poltergeist, so i was like, OH MY GOSH THE GHOSTS CAME BACK!!! haha! it's an OK movie, for 11 and up. and explain to your kids that the happy medium is really just a funny looking ladya and shes just messin around! if you don't you will have to have an awkward talk......

The movie mostly stuck to the story. It is a bit too scary for small kids. It had good special effects. --Alec I really liked the movie. It was really cool. Also it was scary. --Zach It was really great! Just a little too scary. Really good special effects too! --Lena I liked the different worlds and the illusions. --Skylar I loved this more because of how realistic it was. Even though it was fantasy, it seemed real. --Simone

We screened the movie for a group of children in third through sixth grades. Here are some of their comments. Faith to story -- 4 of 5 Plot -- 5 of 5 Overall -- 5 of 5 A very good movie. I have seen a lot of time travel movies, and this is the best. -- Max Very exciting and the time warp was really cool. It was a great movie and I would advise you to watch it. --Ryan It was good, and pretty close to the book, but I thought Mrs. Which was supposed to be kind of old, and when she was first shown I got confused. Otherwise it was a really good movie. -- Lisel This movie was one of the most stellar best movies I've seen in years. It had unexplainable imagination compounded with a wonderful world of imagination and wonder. Praise to the makers -- they really overdid themselves. People who like Harry Potter will really like this movie. A Matrix for young adults. The series of Merlin, Harry Potter, and the Chronicles of Narnia. A wonderful story for the family. --Chris

I wrote down a list of all the differences and similarities... I found over 20 differences and only 3 similarities. What is with the happy medium? LOL... it's a man/lady!!!! BTW if you look in the background of the Murray house, you can see a U2 poster. This is just before Mrs. Whatsit shows up on the TV (which freaked me out LOL).

I thought it was a movie that really moved you, and yet it was exciting. It was intense but funny. One of the best movies I have seen in awhile. --Jordan It was ok. I thought the book was better, but they did a good job, considering what they had to work with. I also thought they rushed the ending. --Cy Very very good graphics for the first 45 minutes. --Elliot I loved it. It really pulled you in and had a lot of detail. --Kyra I thought it was a very good movie and I enjoyed watching it. --Sydney