History YMMV / AWrinkleInTime

* FirstInstallmentWins: Ever heard of ''A Wind in the Door'', ''A Swiftly Tilting Planet'', or ''Many Waters''? None of them got Newbery medals. Some of this may have to do with the fact that most elementary or middle schools tend to make ''A Wrinkle in Time'' required reading at some point but not so much the others. And thus, the first book tends to be more ingrained in peoples' memories.
** ''A Swiftly Tilting Planet'' did win the American Book Award in 1980.

* WTHCastingAgency: [=DuVernay=] has been adamant about casting a diverse cast in terms of race and gender, and for the most part the response to her choices has [[AvertedTrope mercifully avoided]] the kind of InternetBackdraft usually associated with RaceLifting. That being said, some of the acting picks are rather...unorthodox.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: ''Oh yeah.''

* FriendlyFandoms: With ''Film/BlackPanther'', as Ava [=DuVernay=] was one of the first directors approached to do that film (turning it down as she wasn't comfortable with how directors in the franchise don't have full creative control) and ended up hanging out a lot with its director Ryan Coogler when both films were being edited across the hall from each other.

* FriendlyFandoms: With ''Film/BlackPanter'', as Ava [=DuVernay=] was one of the first directors approached to do that film (turning it down as she wasn't comfortable with how directors in the franchise don't have full creative control) and ended up hanging out a lot with its director Ryan Coogler when both films were being edited across the hall from each other.

** Meg's father calls her [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron]]. In all fairness this is a biblical name.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZJ0bR6vwHk Dresage cover]] of [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"]].

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZJ0bR6vwHk Dresage cover]] of [[Music/{{Eurhythmics}} "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"]].

** Meg's father calls her [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron]].

* FirstInstallmentWins: Ever heard of ''A Wind in the Door'', ''A Swiftly Tilting Planet'', or ''Many Waters''? None of them got Newbery medals.

** To a lesser extent, ChrisPine and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as the Murrays. While no one doubts their acting abilities, they were seen as [[ImprobableAge too young]] to play highly experienced scientists.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: A commentator on Mari Ness' [[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/12/there-is-such-a-thing-as-a-tesseract-a-wrinkle-in-time Madeleine L'Engle reread]] for ''Wrinkle'' argues that Meg's character shows a "far better portrayal of a profoundly gifted child than Charles Wallace was."

** The choice of ReeseWitherspoon and Mindy Kahling as two of the witches sparked some befuddlement, given how they're usually depicted as older women.

* FridgeLogic: ''Wrinkle'' comes under scrutiny when the characters of ''Literature/WhenYouReachMe'' discuss it. Specifically, Miranda and Marcus discuss L'engle's portrayal of time travel. The three Mrs W's promise Meg and the boys that they should be back "five minutes before you left." But as Marcus points out, if this is true then Meg should have seen herself returning, because Meg&co. landed in the garden, which in plain sight from wall, where they left. Marcus is arguing a StableTimeLoop is in effect, while Miranda (very defensive of her favorite author) maintains that the future hadn't happened yet, so of course they wouldn't be seen.
** FridgeBrilliance: There is a simpler explanation, which no one in ''When You Reach Me'' notices: Mrs Whatsit says they'll be back five minutes before they left, unless "something goes terribly wrong." And something does indeed go terribly wrong.

* WTHCastingAgency: [[=DuVernay=]] has been adamant about casting a diverse cast in terms of race and gender, and for the most part the response to her choices has [[AvertedTrope mercifully avoided]] the kind of InternetBackdraft usually associated with RaceLifting. That being said, some of the acting picks are rather...unorthodox.

!!2017 Adaptation

* WTHCastingAgency: The choice of ReeseWitherspoon and Mindy Kahling as two of the witches sparked some befuddlement, given how they're usually depicted as older women.

* WinTheCrowd: The choice of Ava [=DuVernay=] as director got a lot of people excited for the film, particularly those who were disappointed that she passed on ''[[Film/BlackPanther2018]]''

* ViewersAreGeniuses: Scientists' reaction at the time of this book's first printing. They couldn't understand how something as advanced and theoretical as quantum physics and tesseracts could be accessible to children.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The DVD cover features the three main characters on a winged ''horse'' above a medieval-looking castle, neither of which remotely resembles anything that appears in the film.
* NeverTrustATrailer: Much of what you see in the trailer is not what's in the movie, with some shots even ripped from other films!

* WTHCastingAgency: The choice of ReeseWitherspoon as Mrs. Whatsit sparked some befuddlement, given how all three of the Witches are usually depicted as older women.

WTHCastingAgencyt: The choice of ReeseWitherspoon as Mrs. Whatsit sparked some befuddlement, given how all three of the Witches are usually depicted as older women.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The DVD cover features the three main characters on a winged ''horse'' above a medieval-looking castle, neither of which remotely resembles anything that appears in the film.

WTHCastingDepartment: The choice of ReeseWitherspoon as Mrs. Whatsit sparked some befuddlement, given how all three of the Witches are usually depicted as older women.

* NeverTrustATrailer: Much of what you see in the trailer is not what's in the movie, with some shots even ripped from other films!