A Wrinkle In Time (2018)

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Meg Murry and her little brother, Charles Wallace, have been without their scientist father, Mr. Murry, for five years, ever since he discovered a new planet and used the concept known as a tesseract to travel there. Joined by Meg's classmate Calvin O'Keefe and guided by the three mysterious astral travelers known as Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which, the children brave a dangerous journey to a planet that possesses all of the evil in the universe.-WWW

Directed By: Ava DuVernay

Written By: Jennifer Lee and Jeff Stockwell based on Madeleine L'Engle's book of the same title.

Stars:

Storm Reid  as Meg Murray, Oprah Winfrey  as Mrs. Which, Reese Witherspoon  as Mrs. Whatsit, Mindy Kaling  as Mrs. Who, Zach Galifianakis  as The Happy Medium, Chris Pine  as Dr. Alex Murry, Gugu Mbatha-Raw  as Dr. Kate Murry, Levi Miller  as Calvin, Michael Peña  as Red, Bellamy Young as one of the mothers in Camazotz, Andre Holland as Principal Jenkins,  Rowan Blanchard as Veronica Kiley and Deric McCabe as Charles Wallace

Some reviewers think this is more of a New Age film than science fiction.  It is metaphysical, astrological, and gnostic at the same time.

What do I think?

I can't help it.  I agree with them.  It is indeed all those things, but I chose to go beyond beliefs and just enjoyed it as a movie, and not something that would change my faith or whatever else connected to it.

I can't help but think of Dan Brown's book, The Lost Symbol, and its dealing with the mind.

Here, Dr. Alex Murphy(CHRIS PINE) talked about the universe being within us...that we could travel the whole universe just by using our mind.

It is really a very scary subject matter, and no wonder people do not want their children to see this, especially if they are easily swayed...if you are easily swayed.

Still, if you look at this as a FANTASY, then maybe, just maybe, you may be able to enjoy this.  In fairy tales there are goblins, trolls(not the cute type, but the scary ones), ogres, and so much more, that would even make the boogeyman cry uncle!

The visual effects are great, and so is the acting, especially DERIC MCCABE's take on Charles Wallace, but for those who read the book, it lacks the magic little boys and girls loved about the story.

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