History Film / AWrinkleInTime2018

* AbusiveParents: Calvin's father, of the emotionally abusive sort.

* 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, who leads the group of girls that leaves nasty notes on Meg's locker, and later mocks Meg and Charles Wallace during gym class [[spoiler: which leads to Meg pegging her in the face with a basketball]].

* LargeHam: Reese Witherspoon takes no time devouring the ''entire'' scenery.

** 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.

* HappilyAdopted: Charles Wallace was adopted by the Murrys in this adaptation, but loves them both as if they were his actual parents and adores Meg.

* CreepyChild: All of the children acting in unison in Camazotz [[spoiler: and Charles Wallace, once he's taken over by IT]]

''A Wrinkle in Time'' is the 2018 [[TheFilmOfTheBook theatrical movie adaptation]] of the 1962 [[Literature/AWrinkleInTime novel of the same name]] by 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.

* AdaptationDistillation: To say that the movie is condensed would be an understatement, [[https://prokopetz.tumblr.com/post/174038828512 as one watcher puts it:]] "I don't think I've ever seen a movie that more badly wanted to be a miniseries. Like, any given ten-minute stretch of this movie feels like an abridged summary of an hour-long episode."

* AdaptationDistillation: Sandy and Dennys are AdaptedOut. 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.

** 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.

** 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. Which indicates [[spoiler: the It influences and magnifies the worst parts of human nature]].

* LargeAndInCharge: Mrs. Which is acknowledged as the most powerful of the three, and she originally manifests of a GiantWoman.

* InnocentUsedByEvil: Charles Wallace is used as a mouthpiece by The IT when it is confronted by Meg.

* SpeaksInShoutouts: Mrs Who, with a mix of traditional poets and philosophers along with more [[{{Theatre/Hamilton}} current]] [[Music/{{Outkast}} references]].

* SpeaksInShoutouts: Mrs Who, with a mix of traditional poets and philosophers along with more [[{{Theater/Hamilton}} current]] [[Music/{{Outkast}} references]].

** The parent that Calvin wants to avoid goes from an apathetic mother to a verbally abusive father.

* AdaptationalJobChange: In the book, Mrs Murray is a microbiologist. In the film, she's a subatomic physicist, and worked on the tesseract project as an equal partner with her husband.
* AdaptedOut: 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.

* AdaptationDistillation: Sandy and Dennys are AdaptedOut. 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.

* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Meg frees Charles Wallace from IT's control through the power of their love for each other.]]

* 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.

* NeverTrustATrailer: The page quote above does not appear in the finished film, only the trailers.

* BrainMonster: IT [[spoiler: even more so than in the book]].

** 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.

* GenderFlip: The Happy Medium was female in the book, but is played by a man here.

* 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.

* ItWasAGift: Unlike in the book, only Meg receives gifts.

* SpeaksInShoutouts: Mrs Who, as in the book, with a mix of traditional poets and philosophers along with more [[{{Theater/Hamilton}} current]] [[Music/{{Outkast}} references]].

* 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.]]

* InnocentUsedBYEvil: Charles Wallace is used as a mouthpiece by The IT when it is confronted by Meg.

* LargeAndInCharge: Mrs. Which is acknowledged as the most powerful of tthe three, and she originally manifests of a GiantWoman.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Inverted. Charles Wallace and Meg are now adoptive siblings instead of siblings by blood.

* 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.

* ArcWords: "Love is always there, even if you can't see it. It's just... enfolded"

* BigSisterInstinct: Meg to Charles Wallace, of course. Charles Wallace also tries to look after Meg in his own ways.

* 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; once Charles Wallace has been assimilated, he appears as a ''literal'' puppet who then disintegrates.]]

** [[spoiler:As we find out in the climax, the IT is really an evil brain so humongous, you can walk around on its nerves.]]

* {{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.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Charles Wallace.
* GenderFlip: The Happy Medium is played by a man.

* HappilyAdopted: Charles Wallace in this adaptation.

* SpeaksInShoutouts: Mrs Who, as in the book, with a mix of traditional poets and philosophers along with more [[{{Theater/Hamilton}} current references]].

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Charles Wallace, [[spoiler: even before he gets absorbed by IT.]]