A Wrinkle in Time Review

A Wrinkle in Time was a good adventure movie, but not without its terrible elements.  This movie is about three beings that send a girl named Meg, her brother, and her friend to find her father after his mysterious disappearance.  Storm Reid gives a great performance as Meg.  She does a fantastic job with the action as well as the emotional beats.  Deric McCabe gave a good performance as Meg’s brother, Charles Wallace.  His acting was stiff at first, but improved throughout the movie.  Levi Miller gave a decent performance as Meg’s friend Calvin, however, his character is given very little to do with the overall story.  Chris Pine gives a fantastic performance as Meg’s dad.  His relationship with his daughter is the emotional core of the film.  As for the three beings, Oprah Winfrey gives a passable performance as Mrs. Which.  Mindy Kaling was atrocious as Mrs. Who, the movie became immediately worse any time her character spoke.  Reese Witherspoon gives a good performance as Mrs. Whatsit; her character was easily the most likable and entertaining of the three.  Ava DuVernay’s directing is really good, but some of her choices are extremely questionable.  The screenplay by Jennifer Lee and Jeff Stockwell is a mixed bag.  Sometimes the movie has genuine emotion and excitement and in the next scene, it’ll go completely off the rails into pure garbage.  The visual effects, for the most part, are quite good although they are occasionally rough around the edges.  At 1 hour 49 minutes the movie moves along at a decent pace and never felt overlong.  Overall, A Wrinkle in Time is a fun but mixed bag of an adventure movie.

6.5/10