Madeleine L Engle's A Wrinkle In Time

I found “A Wrinkle in Time” amongst dusty shelves in my elementary school’s small library. I began reading with an encouraging nod from my teacher Mrs. Beato and quickly devoured the entire series with a delighted smile from my mother. It was one of those early books that inspired my love for the written word, as I am sure it has for countless readers since the book was published in 1962.

“A Wrinkle in Time” was also my first foray into science fiction and to this day remains an iconic piece of children’s science fiction literature. Written by Madeleine L’Engle, a woman, and targeted to young girls, “A Wrinkle in Time” was truly groundbreaking and arguably still is to this day. The film adaptation, directed by Ava DuVernay, goes beyond the groundbreaking concept of a female lead science fiction story. DuVernay is the first woman of color director to spear a $100 million movie, and she uses that position to put together a cast of fierce women who guide a headstrong middle schooler - a biracial girl named Meg - in her search for her missing scientist father and to save the universe from evil.

The diversity of the cast is refreshing and part of the new normal in …show more content…
The concern were unwarranted, mostly. The floating flowers on the planet Uriel are magical. However, the transformation of Ms. Witherspoon into a giant cabbage leaf was less so. Not just disappointing because she didn’t turn into a pegasus as she does in the book, but lackluster and awkward. The acting and pace of the film is also somewhat lackluster and awkward up to this point. It is when the Mrs. leave that the acting and imagery tighten up. The film intensifies, becomes scarier and forbidding. The IT begins to change the characters personalities and uses their self perceived shortcomings as a

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