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** The casting of Creator/OprahWinfrey and Mindy Kahling as Mrs. Which and Mrs. Who could be considered this to a lesser degree. While the books never explicitly identify the witches as any race (and given they're the physical manifestation of stars they don't even HAVE a race in the typical human sense) artwork for the books frequently depicts them as white.
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** The casting of Creator/OprahWinfrey and Mindy Kahling as Mrs. Which and Mrs. Who could be considered this to a lesser degree. While the books never explicitly identify the witches as any race (and given they're not even human in the physical manifestation of stars they first place and therefore don't even HAVE a race in the typical human sense) technically belong to any race), artwork for the books frequently depicts them as white.
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* CheerfulChild: Charles Wallace pretty much all the time, except when telling off the faculty or [[spoiler: possessed by The IT.]]
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* CheerfulChild: Charles Wallace pretty much all the time, except when telling off the faculty or [[spoiler: possessed [[spoiler:possessed by The IT.]] ]]
* CompositeCharacter: The IT combines the roles of IT from the book, which was just in charge of Camazotz, and the Black Thing, a mysterious entity suggested to be the embodiment of all darkness and evil.
* CompositeCharacter: The IT combines the roles of IT from the book, which was just in charge of Camazotz, and the Black Thing, a mysterious entity suggested to be the embodiment of all darkness and evil.
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* DemotedToExtra: The Man with the Red Eyes has a much smaller role in this movie. [[spoiler: He really only acts as a puppet controlled by IT to tempt Charles Wallace, and once Charles Wallace is in control, he appears as a ''literal'' puppet who then disintegrates.]]
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* DemotedToExtra: The Man with the Red Eyes has a much smaller role in this movie. [[spoiler: He really only acts as a puppet controlled by IT to tempt Charles Wallace, and Wallace; once Charles Wallace is in control, has been assimilated, he appears as a ''literal'' puppet who then disintegrates.]]
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* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler: As we find out in the climax, the IT is really an evil brain so humongous, you can walk around on its nerves.]]
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* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler: As EldritchLocation:
** In the book, the strangeness of Camazotz was restricted to the people there. Here, even the landscape itself bends to the whims of the IT, rapidly shifting between forests, beaches, suburban neighborhoods, and futuristic chambers as the IT continually refines its strategy.
** [[spoiler:As we find out in the climax, the IT is really an evil brain so humongous, you can walk around on its nerves.]]
** In the book, the strangeness of Camazotz was restricted to the people there. Here, even the landscape itself bends to the whims of the IT, rapidly shifting between forests, beaches, suburban neighborhoods, and futuristic chambers as the IT continually refines its strategy.
** [[spoiler:As we find out in the climax, the IT is really an evil brain so humongous, you can walk around on its nerves.]]
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** During her visit to the Murry's household, Mrs. Whatsit comments that Charles Wallace's family has done a lovely job keeping out the darkness.
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** Calvin and Charles Wallace both give in to their hunger, but Meg foregoes eating anything offered to her.
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** Calvin and Charles Wallace both give in to their hunger, but Meg foregoes eating anything offered to her. (Justified, as she's recalling what Mrs. Which said.)
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** By extension, Meg's mother. The principal seems only to tell her of Meg's bad behavior, and as a result she acts as if Meg is attacking the other girl unprovoked. She also scolds Meg for "using Dad" when Meg protests her mother being unsupportive.
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** By extension, Meg's mother. The principal seems only to tell her of Meg's bad behavior, and as a result she acts as if Meg is attacking the other girl unprovoked. She also scolds Meg for "using Dad" when Meg protests her mother being unsupportive. Regardless, it's her who reminds Meg not to give up hope that her father ''will'' return.
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* LargeAndInCharge: Mrs. Which is acknowledged as the most powerful of tthe three, and she originally manifests of a GiantWoman.
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* HappilyAdopted: Both Meg and Charles Wallace in this adaptation.
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* HappilyAdopted: Both Meg and Charles Wallace in this adaptation.
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* FailedASpotCheck: The two teachers who fail to notice that Charles Wallace is sitting on a bench directly below them while they discuss his father's disappearance and how weird Meg and Charles Wallace are.
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* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler: As we find out in the climax, the IT is really an evil brain so humongous, you can walk around on its nerves.]]
* FailedASpotCheck: The two teachers who fail to notice that Charles Wallace is sitting on a bench directly below them while they discuss his father's disappearance and how weird Meg and Charles Wallace are.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Mrs. Who falls asleep on her chair shortly after meeting the children, Charles Wallace justifies that she hasn't "adjusted" quite yet. When Calvin and Meg ask what he means by that, he decides they're not ready to find that out yet.
* FailedASpotCheck: The two teachers who fail to notice that Charles Wallace is sitting on a bench directly below them while they discuss his father's disappearance and how weird Meg and Charles Wallace are.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Mrs. Who falls asleep on her chair shortly after meeting the children, Charles Wallace justifies that she hasn't "adjusted" quite yet. When Calvin and Meg ask what he means by that, he decides they're not ready to find that out yet.
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** She has mostly silently endured bullying for 4 years.
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** Mrs. Murry to her husband, when earlier he shared his theory on [[TitleDrop a wrinkle in time]] in front of a lecture, with no thought that they wouldn't be "ready".
** Downplayed. While Mrs. Which does reprimand Mrs. Whatsit that humans aren't as capable of flight as they are, the former does it firmly and patiently.
** Mrs. Murry to her husband, when earlier he shared his theory on [[TitleDrop a wrinkle in time]] in front of a lecture, with no thought that they wouldn't be "ready".
** Downplayed. While Mrs. Which does reprimand Mrs. Whatsit that humans aren't as capable of flight as they are, the former does it firmly and patiently.
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* BookEnds: The movie begins and ends with a reddish sunset/sunrise peering through the clouds.
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* DamnedByFaintPraise: When [[spoiler: Possessed!Charles Wallace]] marvels that the IT is "extraordinary", Meg dryly agrees "That's one word for it."
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''A Wrinkle in Time'' is the 2018 [[TheFilmOfTheBook theatrical movie adaptation]] of the 1962 [[Literature/AWrinkleInTime novel of the same name]] by Madeleine L'Engle.Creator/MadeleineLEngle. It is directed by Creator/AvaDuVernay and written by Jennifer Lee. It stars Storm Reid, Creator/OprahWinfrey, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon, Creator/MindyKaling, Creator/GuguMbathaRaw, Creator/MichaelPena, Zach Galifianakis, Creator/ChrisPine, Levi Miller, Deric [=McCabe=], André Holland and Rowan Blanchard. It opened in theaters on March 9, 2018.
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* ArcWords: "Love is always there, even if you can't see it. It's just.. Unfolded"
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* ArcWords: "Love is always there, even if you can't see it. It's just.. Unfolded" just... enfolded"
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* NosyNeighbor: Veronica's room looks out into Meg's back yard, and Meg implies that she watches the yard for gossip that might embarrass Meg at school.
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** Principal Jenkins in the books is described as middle-age, balding, and overall rather pathetic. In the movie he's played by [[https://www.gq.com/story/andre-holland-moonlight-interview Andre Holland]].
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** Principal Jenkins in the books is described as middle-age, middle-aged, balding, and overall rather pathetic. In the movie he's played by [[https://www.gq.com/story/andre-holland-moonlight-interview Andre Holland]].
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Mrs. Whatsit was grandmotherly towards all the kids in the novel, unlike here, where she’s only nice towards Charles Wallace and Calvin and treating Meg as a nuisance for the majority. It’s no surprise she’s given a “seriously?” look by Who and Which after claiming [[spoiler:she knew Meg would succeed in the end]].
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Mrs. Whatsit was grandmotherly towards all the kids in the novel, unlike here, where she’s she's only nice towards Charles Wallace and Calvin and treating Meg as a nuisance for the majority. It’s It's no surprise she’s she's given a “seriously?” "seriously?" look by Who and Which after claiming [[spoiler:she knew Meg would succeed in the end]].
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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Meg's brother, Charles Wallace, gets possessed by the It, and starts saying hurtful things to everyone.]]
* DemotedToExtra: The Man With The Red Eyes has a much smaller role in this movie. [[spoiler: He really only acts as a puppet controlled by IT to tempt Charles Wallace, and once Charles Wallace is in control he appears as a ''literal'' puppet who then disintegrates.]]
* DutchAngle: One of the camera angles used to show the odd places the trio goes to.
* DemotedToExtra: The Man With The Red Eyes has a much smaller role in this movie. [[spoiler: He really only acts as a puppet controlled by IT to tempt Charles Wallace, and once Charles Wallace is in control he appears as a ''literal'' puppet who then disintegrates.]]
* DutchAngle: One of the camera angles used to show the odd places the trio goes to.
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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Meg's brother, Charles Wallace, gets possessed by the It, IT, and starts saying hurtful things to everyone.]]
* DemotedToExtra: The ManWith The with the Red Eyes has a much smaller role in this movie. [[spoiler: He really only acts as a puppet controlled by IT to tempt Charles Wallace, and once Charles Wallace is in control control, he appears as a ''literal'' puppet who then disintegrates.]]
* DutchAngle: One of the camera angles used to show the odd places the trio goes to.
* DemotedToExtra: The Man
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Mrs Which gets it mostly right, except for being about twelve feet tall.
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Mrs Mrs. Which gets it mostly right, except for being about twelve feet tall.
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* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: They let Meg see physics [[spoiler: and discover where her father is imprisoned]].
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* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: They let Meg see physics [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and discover where her father is imprisoned]].
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* KidsAreCruel: Veronica is the AlphaBitch in charge of her own clique. It's implied she's been bullying Meg for a while. But the cruelest example is the note left on Meg's locker on the anniversary of Dr, Murry's disappearance:
--> Happy Anniversary! (smileycon) If only you'd disappear too!
--> Happy Anniversary! (smileycon) If only you'd disappear too!
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* KidsAreCruel: Veronica is the AlphaBitch in charge of her own clique. It's implied she's been bullying Meg for a while. But the cruelest example is the note left on Meg's locker on the anniversary of Dr, Dr. Murry's disappearance:
--> Happy Anniversary! (smileycon) If only you'd disappeartoo! too!
--> Happy Anniversary! (smileycon) If only you'd disappear
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* ThePowerOfLove: Just as in the book, [[spoiler: Meg frees Charles Wallace from IT's control through the power of their love for each other. Here she does it aloud, whereas in the book she thinks and believes it strongly enough.]]
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* ThePowerOfLove: Just as in the book, [[spoiler: Meg [[spoiler:Meg frees Charles Wallace from IT's control through the power of their love for each other. Here she does it aloud, whereas in the book she thinks and believes it strongly enough.]]
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Mrs Whatsit's sort of plant-dragon form.
* WeightWoe: When Mrs Which is explaining IT to Meg, we see a montage of troubled people from around their town, including [[spoiler: Veronica, the AlphaBitch who bullies Meg, tearfully standing on a scale and staring at a list of food she doesn't allow herself to eat]].
* WeightWoe: When Mrs Which is explaining IT to Meg, we see a montage of troubled people from around their town, including [[spoiler: Veronica, the AlphaBitch who bullies Meg, tearfully standing on a scale and staring at a list of food she doesn't allow herself to eat]].
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Mrs Mrs. Whatsit's sort of plant-dragon form.
* WeightWoe: WhenMrs Mrs. Which is explaining IT to Meg, we see a montage of troubled people from around their town, including [[spoiler: Veronica, [[spoiler:Veronica, the AlphaBitch who bullies Meg, tearfully standing on a scale and staring at a list of food she doesn't allow herself to eat]].
* WeightWoe: When
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* BerserkButton: Meg takes her role of protective big sister to Charles Wallace ''very seriously''. Don't insult him or suggest leaving him behind.
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-> Happy Anniversary! (smileycon) If only you'd disappear too!
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''A Wrinkle in Time'' is the 2018 [[TheFilmOfTheBook theatrical movie adaptation]] of the 1962 [[Literature/AWrinkleInTime novel of the same name]] by Madeleine L'Engle. It is directed by Creator/AvaDuVernay and written by Jennifer Lee. It stars Storm Reid, Creator/OprahWinfrey, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon, Creator/MindyKaling, Creator/GuguMbathaRaw, Creator/MichaelPena, Zach Galifianakis, Creator/ChrisPine, Levi Miller, Deric [=McCabe=], André Holland and Rowan Blanchard. It is due to release opened in theaters on March 9, 2018.
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** Inverted. The principal has to be aware that Meg has been bullied, but instead of calling both girls in, he only calls Meg and not only berates her for "using her [[DisappearedDad father's disappearance]] as an excuse to act out" but also cruelly tells her he's most likely never coming back. Exposition from Mrs. Who indicates [[spoiler: the It influences and magnifies the worst parts of human nature]].
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** Inverted. The principal has to be aware that Meg has been bullied, but instead of calling both girls in, he only calls Meg and not only berates her for "using her [[DisappearedDad father's disappearance]] as an excuse to act out" but also cruelly tells her he's most likely never coming back. Exposition from Mrs. Who Which indicates [[spoiler: the It influences and magnifies the worst parts of human nature]].
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* InsufferableGenius: Averted.
** Meg has more or less given up on searching for knowledge but casually does complex physics in her head.
** Charles Wallace is too sunny and chipper for his obvious intelligence to come off annoying.
** Both Murry parents are sweet natured even after the scientific community laughs at their theories.
** Meg has more or less given up on searching for knowledge but casually does complex physics in her head.
** Charles Wallace is too sunny and chipper for his obvious intelligence to come off annoying.
** Both Murry parents are sweet natured even after the scientific community laughs at their theories.
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** Inverted. The principal has to be aware that Meg has been bullied, but instead of calling both girls in, he only calls Meg and not only berates her for "using her [[DisappearedDad father's disappearance]] as an excuse to act out" but also cruelly tells her he's most likely never coming back.
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** Inverted. The principal has to be aware that Meg has been bullied, but instead of calling both girls in, he only calls Meg and not only berates her for "using her [[DisappearedDad father's disappearance]] as an excuse to act out" but also cruelly tells her he's most likely never coming back. Exposition from Mrs. Who indicates [[spoiler: the It influences and magnifies the worst parts of human nature]].
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* CheerfulChild: Charles WALLACE pretty much all the time, except when telling off the faculty or [[spoiler: possessed by The IT.]]
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* HellIsThatNoise: The perfectly synchronized bouncing of the children's balls actually causes Charles Wallace pain.
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* HeroicSpirit: Meg.
** She has mostly silently endured bullying for 4 years.
** Calvin and Charles Wallace both give in to their hunger, but Meg foregoes eating anything offered to her.
** Although tessering is painful and difficult for her, she ''twice'' forces a tesser to go (or not go) where she wants it to.
** She has mostly silently endured bullying for 4 years.
** Calvin and Charles Wallace both give in to their hunger, but Meg foregoes eating anything offered to her.
** Although tessering is painful and difficult for her, she ''twice'' forces a tesser to go (or not go) where she wants it to.
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* ArcWords: "Love is always there, even if you can't see it. It's just.. Unfolded,"
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* ArcWords: "Love is always there, even if you can't see it. It's just.. Unfolded," Unfolded"
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** By extension, Meg's mother. The principal seems only to tell her of Meg's bad behavior, and as a result she acts as if Meg is attacking the other girl unprovoked. She also scolds Meg for "using Dad" when Meg protests her mother being unsupported.
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** By extension, Meg's mother. The principal seems only to tell her of Meg's bad behavior, and as a result she acts as if Meg is attacking the other girl unprovoked. She also scolds Meg for "using Dad" when Meg protests her mother being unsupported.unsupportive.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** Inverted. The principal has to be aware that Meg has been bullied, but instead of calling both girls in, he only calls Meg and not only berates her for "using her [[DisappearedDad father's disappearance]] as an excuse to act out" but also cruelly tells her he's most likely never coming back.
** Inverted. The principal has to be aware that Meg has been bullied, but instead of calling both girls in, he only calls Meg and not only berates her for "using her [[DisappearedDad father's disappearance]] as an excuse to act out" but also cruelly tells her he's most likely never coming back.
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* ArcWords: "Love is always there, even if you can't see it. It's just.. Unfolded,"
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If eating the food made one more vulnerable to IT or prevented them from tessering away from Camazotz, then we would see that reflected via Calvin, who neither succumbed to IT's control after eating the food nor had any trouble being tessered away by Mr. Murry. The book gives a specific explanation for why the food tastes like sand to Charles Wallace, but it's not kept in the movie.
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''A Wrinkle in Time'' is the 2018 [[TheFilmOfTheBook theatrical movie adaptation]] of the 1962 [[Literature/AWrinkleInTime novel of the same name name]] by Madeleine L'Engle. It is directed by Creator/AvaDuVernay and written by Jennifer Lee. It stars Storm Reid, Creator/OprahWinfrey, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon, Creator/MindyKaling, Creator/GuguMbathaRaw, Creator/MichaelPena, Zach Galifianakis, Creator/ChrisPine, Levi Miller, Deric [=McCabe=], André Holland and Rowan Blanchard. It is due to release on March 9, 2018.
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->'''Dr. Kate Murry:''' Imagine that the ant here wants to get to her other hand.\\
'''Meg Murry:''' The quickest option is to walk across the string.\\
'''Kate:''' But it turns out a straight line is not the shortest distance between two points. Not if you use a fifth dimension.\\
'''Meg:''' It’s outside of the rules we know of time and space. So the ant arrives in my hand instantaneously.\\
'''Calvin:''' So you fold space.\\
'''Meg:''' More likely wrinkle it.
''A Wrinkle in Time'' is the 2018 [[TheFilmOfTheBook theatrical movie adaptation]] of the 1962 novel of the same name by Madeleine L'Engle. It is directed by Creator/AvaDuVernay and written by Jennifer Lee. It stars Storm Reid, Creator/OprahWinfrey, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon, Creator/MindyKaling, Creator/GuguMbathaRaw, Creator/MichaelPena, Zach Galifianakis, Creator/ChrisPine, Levi Miller, Deric [=McCabe=], André Holland and Rowan Blanchard. It is due to release on March 9, 2018.
After learning her astrophysicist father is being held captive on a distant planet deep in the grip of a universe-spanning evil, Meg Murry works with her highly intelligent younger brother, her classmate, and three astral travelers to save him.
'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4U3TeY2wtM Teaser]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhZ56rcWwRQ Trailer]].
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!!''A Wrinkle in Time'' contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Calvin's father, of the emotionally abusive sort.
* ActorIsTheTitleCharacter: Used on various posters, for example: “Storm Reid IS Meg Murry”.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness:
** Principal Jenkins in the books is described as middle-age, balding, and overall rather pathetic. In the movie he's played by [[https://www.gq.com/story/andre-holland-moonlight-interview Andre Holland]].
** In the books, Mrs. Whatsit is described as a rotund older woman with a voice "like an unoiled garden gate" who dresses in layers of shabby, mismatched clothing. The film's Mrs Whatsit is a fresh-faced Reese Witherspoon with elaborately styled red hair and glamorous makeup.
* AdaptationDistillation: Sandy and Dennys, Meg and Charles Wallace's more normal twin brothers, are left out of the adaptation to avoid cluttering up the story with irrelevant characters. A sequence from the book in which Dr. Murry, Meg, and Calvin temporarily escape Camazotz and recuperate on the planet Ixchel under the care of its benevolent natives is also cut, presumably for pacing reasons, though Ixchel and "Aunt Beast" are very briefly mentioned while the Happy Medium is tracking Dr. Murry's path across the universe.
* AdaptationalDumbass: Mrs. Whatsit in the novel was a bit eccentric but still wise and knowledgeable. Here, her intelligence is decreased significantly, coming across as a childish, thick-headed ditz.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Mrs. Whatsit was grandmotherly towards all the kids in the novel, unlike here, where she’s only nice towards Charles Wallace and Calvin and treating Meg as a nuisance for the majority. It’s no surprise she’s given a “seriously?” look by Who and Which after claiming [[spoiler:she knew Meg would succeed in the end]].
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Both Meg and Charles Wallace are subjected to this; Meg is more overtly bothered by it.
* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: At least the ones the group travels to (Camazotz may not really be "earthlike," but it creates the illusion of it).
* AlphaBitch: Veronica
* BigSisterInstinct: Meg to Charles Wallace, of course. Charles Wallace also tries to look after Meg in his own ways.
* BrainMonster: IT [[spoiler: even more so than in the book]].
* BrightIsNotGood: Camazotz is over-saturated with color, making it look even more unnatural.
* CreepyChild: All of the children acting in unison in Camazotz [[spoiler: and Charles Wallace, once he's taken over by IT]]
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: He was imprisoned by an evil superintelligence on the other side of the universe.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Meg's brother, Charles Wallace, gets possessed by the It, and starts saying hurtful things to everyone.]]
* DemotedToExtra: The Man With The Red Eyes has a much smaller role in this movie. [[spoiler: He really only acts as a puppet controlled by IT to tempt Charles Wallace, and once Charles Wallace is in control he appears as a ''literal'' puppet who then disintegrates.]]
* DutchAngle: One of the camera angles used to show the odd places the trio goes to.
* FailedASpotCheck: The two teachers who fail to notice that Charles Wallace is sitting on a bench directly below them while they discuss his father's disappearance and how weird Meg and Charles Wallace are.
* FoodChains: Implied. Meg doesn't eat any food on Camazotz, and is able to tesser out; Calvin eats several bites, and notices nothing wrong; Charles Wallace eats a few bites, and [[TrueSight realizes that it's made of sand]], allowing him to be absorbed by IT.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Mrs Which gets it mostly right, except for being about twelve feet tall.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Charles Wallace.
* GenderFlip: The Happy Medium is played by a man.
* GoodWithNumbers: All of the Murrys. And unlike in the book, where she is a microbiologist, Mrs. Murry is a physicist and she and Dr. Murry developed the tesseract theory together.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: They let Meg see physics [[spoiler: and discover where her father is imprisoned]].
* HappilyAdopted: Both Meg and Charles Wallace in this adaptation.
* HotScientist: The Murrys, as played by Creator/ChrisPine and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: What Meg tries to do [[spoiler: to break IT's hold on Charles Wallace, by reminding him of how much they love each other]].
* IndividualityIsIllegal: And impossible, on Camazotz.
* InternalizedCategorism: Never stated outright, but Meg's displeasure at the first time Calvin compliments her natural hair, her wish to come back as "somebody different," and [[spoiler: the straight-haired fashionable double IT uses to tempt her]] all indicate she has trouble with this. She gets better by the end of the movie.
* ItWasAGift: Unlike in the book, only Meg receives gifts.
* LargeHam: Reese Witherspoon takes no time devouring the ''entire'' scenery.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The page quote above does not appear in the finished film, only the trailers.
* RaceLift:
** The Murrys were Caucasian in the book, but are a mixed-race family here.
** The casting of Creator/OprahWinfrey and Mindy Kahling as Mrs. Which and Mrs. Who could be considered this to a lesser degree. While the books never explicitly identify the witches as any race (and given they're the physical manifestation of stars they don't even HAVE a race in the typical human sense) artwork for the books frequently depicts them as white.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Anyone directly channeling IT.
* SpeakInUnison: In the StepfordSuburbia part of Camazotz, the mothers are in perfect unison, calling for their children with the same tone at the appropriate time. Even when they go off-script upon seeing the trio, they speak together.
* SpeaksInShoutouts: Mrs Who, as in the book, with a mix of traditional poets and philosophers along with more [[{{Theater/Hamilton}} current references]].
* StepfordSuburbia: Once the children are over "the wall" on Camazotz, they arrive in a perfectly-ordered suburban cul-de-sac where almost identically-dressed children stand bouncing a ball in precise time with one another, until their mothers come out to call them in to dinner in perfect unison. One of the mothers notices the trio and invites them in to dinner as well, all with the same disturbingly plastic smile and stilted tone of voice.
* ThePowerOfLove: Just as in the book, [[spoiler: Meg frees Charles Wallace from IT's control through the power of their love for each other. Here she does it aloud, whereas in the book she thinks and believes it strongly enough.]]
* TheyCalledMeMad: The scientific establishment was not ready for Dr. Murry's theories on traveling by tesseract, or the idea of tesseracts at all.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Charles Wallace, [[spoiler: even before he gets absorbed by IT.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Mrs Whatsit's sort of plant-dragon form.
* WeightWoe: When Mrs Which is explaining IT to Meg, we see a montage of troubled people from around their town, including [[spoiler: Veronica, the AlphaBitch who bullies Meg, tearfully standing on a scale and staring at a list of food she doesn't allow herself to eat]].
* WhosOnFirst: With Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which and Mrs. Whatsit, it was bound to happen.
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->''[[Music/{{Eurythmics}} ♫ Sweet dreams are made of this\\
Who am I to disagree\\
Travel the world and the seven seas\\
Everybody looking for something... ♫]]''
[[caption-width-right:350:''"The only thing faster than light is the darkness."'']]
->'''Dr. Kate Murry:''' Imagine that the ant here wants to get to her other hand.\\
'''Meg Murry:''' The quickest option is to walk across the string.\\
'''Kate:''' But it turns out a straight line is not the shortest distance between two points. Not if you use a fifth dimension.\\
'''Meg:''' It’s outside of the rules we know of time and space. So the ant arrives in my hand instantaneously.\\
'''Calvin:''' So you fold space.\\
'''Meg:''' More likely wrinkle it.
''A Wrinkle in Time'' is the 2018 [[TheFilmOfTheBook theatrical movie adaptation]] of the 1962 novel of the same name by Madeleine L'Engle. It is directed by Creator/AvaDuVernay and written by Jennifer Lee. It stars Storm Reid, Creator/OprahWinfrey, Creator/ReeseWitherspoon, Creator/MindyKaling, Creator/GuguMbathaRaw, Creator/MichaelPena, Zach Galifianakis, Creator/ChrisPine, Levi Miller, Deric [=McCabe=], André Holland and Rowan Blanchard. It is due to release on March 9, 2018.
After learning her astrophysicist father is being held captive on a distant planet deep in the grip of a universe-spanning evil, Meg Murry works with her highly intelligent younger brother, her classmate, and three astral travelers to save him.
'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4U3TeY2wtM Teaser]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhZ56rcWwRQ Trailer]].
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!!''A Wrinkle in Time'' contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Calvin's father, of the emotionally abusive sort.
* ActorIsTheTitleCharacter: Used on various posters, for example: “Storm Reid IS Meg Murry”.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness:
** Principal Jenkins in the books is described as middle-age, balding, and overall rather pathetic. In the movie he's played by [[https://www.gq.com/story/andre-holland-moonlight-interview Andre Holland]].
** In the books, Mrs. Whatsit is described as a rotund older woman with a voice "like an unoiled garden gate" who dresses in layers of shabby, mismatched clothing. The film's Mrs Whatsit is a fresh-faced Reese Witherspoon with elaborately styled red hair and glamorous makeup.
* AdaptationDistillation: Sandy and Dennys, Meg and Charles Wallace's more normal twin brothers, are left out of the adaptation to avoid cluttering up the story with irrelevant characters. A sequence from the book in which Dr. Murry, Meg, and Calvin temporarily escape Camazotz and recuperate on the planet Ixchel under the care of its benevolent natives is also cut, presumably for pacing reasons, though Ixchel and "Aunt Beast" are very briefly mentioned while the Happy Medium is tracking Dr. Murry's path across the universe.
* AdaptationalDumbass: Mrs. Whatsit in the novel was a bit eccentric but still wise and knowledgeable. Here, her intelligence is decreased significantly, coming across as a childish, thick-headed ditz.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Mrs. Whatsit was grandmotherly towards all the kids in the novel, unlike here, where she’s only nice towards Charles Wallace and Calvin and treating Meg as a nuisance for the majority. It’s no surprise she’s given a “seriously?” look by Who and Which after claiming [[spoiler:she knew Meg would succeed in the end]].
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Both Meg and Charles Wallace are subjected to this; Meg is more overtly bothered by it.
* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: At least the ones the group travels to (Camazotz may not really be "earthlike," but it creates the illusion of it).
* AlphaBitch: Veronica
* BigSisterInstinct: Meg to Charles Wallace, of course. Charles Wallace also tries to look after Meg in his own ways.
* BrainMonster: IT [[spoiler: even more so than in the book]].
* BrightIsNotGood: Camazotz is over-saturated with color, making it look even more unnatural.
* CreepyChild: All of the children acting in unison in Camazotz [[spoiler: and Charles Wallace, once he's taken over by IT]]
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: He was imprisoned by an evil superintelligence on the other side of the universe.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Meg's brother, Charles Wallace, gets possessed by the It, and starts saying hurtful things to everyone.]]
* DemotedToExtra: The Man With The Red Eyes has a much smaller role in this movie. [[spoiler: He really only acts as a puppet controlled by IT to tempt Charles Wallace, and once Charles Wallace is in control he appears as a ''literal'' puppet who then disintegrates.]]
* DutchAngle: One of the camera angles used to show the odd places the trio goes to.
* FailedASpotCheck: The two teachers who fail to notice that Charles Wallace is sitting on a bench directly below them while they discuss his father's disappearance and how weird Meg and Charles Wallace are.
* FoodChains: Implied. Meg doesn't eat any food on Camazotz, and is able to tesser out; Calvin eats several bites, and notices nothing wrong; Charles Wallace eats a few bites, and [[TrueSight realizes that it's made of sand]], allowing him to be absorbed by IT.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Mrs Which gets it mostly right, except for being about twelve feet tall.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Charles Wallace.
* GenderFlip: The Happy Medium is played by a man.
* GoodWithNumbers: All of the Murrys. And unlike in the book, where she is a microbiologist, Mrs. Murry is a physicist and she and Dr. Murry developed the tesseract theory together.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: They let Meg see physics [[spoiler: and discover where her father is imprisoned]].
* HappilyAdopted: Both Meg and Charles Wallace in this adaptation.
* HotScientist: The Murrys, as played by Creator/ChrisPine and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: What Meg tries to do [[spoiler: to break IT's hold on Charles Wallace, by reminding him of how much they love each other]].
* IndividualityIsIllegal: And impossible, on Camazotz.
* InternalizedCategorism: Never stated outright, but Meg's displeasure at the first time Calvin compliments her natural hair, her wish to come back as "somebody different," and [[spoiler: the straight-haired fashionable double IT uses to tempt her]] all indicate she has trouble with this. She gets better by the end of the movie.
* ItWasAGift: Unlike in the book, only Meg receives gifts.
* LargeHam: Reese Witherspoon takes no time devouring the ''entire'' scenery.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The page quote above does not appear in the finished film, only the trailers.
* RaceLift:
** The Murrys were Caucasian in the book, but are a mixed-race family here.
** The casting of Creator/OprahWinfrey and Mindy Kahling as Mrs. Which and Mrs. Who could be considered this to a lesser degree. While the books never explicitly identify the witches as any race (and given they're the physical manifestation of stars they don't even HAVE a race in the typical human sense) artwork for the books frequently depicts them as white.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Anyone directly channeling IT.
* SpeakInUnison: In the StepfordSuburbia part of Camazotz, the mothers are in perfect unison, calling for their children with the same tone at the appropriate time. Even when they go off-script upon seeing the trio, they speak together.
* SpeaksInShoutouts: Mrs Who, as in the book, with a mix of traditional poets and philosophers along with more [[{{Theater/Hamilton}} current references]].
* StepfordSuburbia: Once the children are over "the wall" on Camazotz, they arrive in a perfectly-ordered suburban cul-de-sac where almost identically-dressed children stand bouncing a ball in precise time with one another, until their mothers come out to call them in to dinner in perfect unison. One of the mothers notices the trio and invites them in to dinner as well, all with the same disturbingly plastic smile and stilted tone of voice.
* ThePowerOfLove: Just as in the book, [[spoiler: Meg frees Charles Wallace from IT's control through the power of their love for each other. Here she does it aloud, whereas in the book she thinks and believes it strongly enough.]]
* TheyCalledMeMad: The scientific establishment was not ready for Dr. Murry's theories on traveling by tesseract, or the idea of tesseracts at all.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Charles Wallace, [[spoiler: even before he gets absorbed by IT.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Mrs Whatsit's sort of plant-dragon form.
* WeightWoe: When Mrs Which is explaining IT to Meg, we see a montage of troubled people from around their town, including [[spoiler: Veronica, the AlphaBitch who bullies Meg, tearfully standing on a scale and staring at a list of food she doesn't allow herself to eat]].
* WhosOnFirst: With Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which and Mrs. Whatsit, it was bound to happen.
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->''[[Music/{{Eurythmics}} ♫ Sweet dreams are made of this\\
Who am I to disagree\\
Travel the world and the seven seas\\
Everybody looking for something... ♫]]''
